Efficient extension of the trapping lifetime of single atoms in an optical tweezer by laser cooling

Physica Scripta

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  He, Jun ^a   Yang, Baodong ^a   Zhang, Tiancai ^a   Wang, Junmin ^a  

^a SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1064 NM; BIOLOGICAL MOLECULE; CAESIUM ATOMS; ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; LIVING CELL; MAGNETOOPTICAL TRAPS; MESOSCOPICS; NEUTRAL ATOMS; SINGLE ATOMS;

ATOMS; CESIUM; LASER COOLING;

OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

EID: 80051687822     PISSN: 00318949     EISSN: 14024896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-8949/84/02/025302     Document Type: Article

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