A compact magneto-optical trap apparatus for calcium

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Dammalapati, U ^a   Norris, I ^a   Maguire, L ^a   Borkowski, M ^b   Riis, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Calcium; Laser cooling; Lifetime; Magneto optical trap; Zeeman slower

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE EARTH METALS; CALCIUM; LASER COOLING; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ALKALINE-EARTH ELEMENTS; LASER COOLING AND TRAPPING; LIFETIME; MAGNETOOPTICAL TRAPS; QUANTUM DEGENERACY; RATE-EQUATION MODELS; ULTRACOLD COLLISIONS; ZEEMAN SLOWER;

OPTICAL LATTICES;

EID: 70350697520     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/20/9/095303     Document Type: Article

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