Single-laser, one beam, tetrahedral magneto-optical trap

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 13601-13608

  Vangeleyn, Matthieu ^a   Griffin, Paul F ^a   Riis, Erling ^a   Arnold, Aidan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAMS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL LATTICES;

MAGNETOOPTICAL TRAPS; MIRROR SYSTEMS; OPTICAL ACCESS; OPTIMUM EFFICIENCY; QUANTUM GAS; REFLECTED BEAM; SINGLE LASERS; TETRAHEDRAL CONFIGURATIONS;

LASER MIRRORS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; MAGNETISM; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LENSES; LIGHT; MAGNETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 68349133500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.013601     Document Type: Article

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