Azimuthal Sisyphus effect for atoms in a toroidal all-optical trap

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Lembessis, V E ^a   Ellinas, D ^b   Babiker, M ^c  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALL-OPTICAL; AZIMUTHAL POLARIZATION; COUNTERPROPAGATING; LAGUERRE-GAUSSIAN; LINEAR POLARIZATION; OPTICAL ARRANGEMENT; PERSISTENT CURRENTS; PHYSICAL SYSTEMS; SUPERCONDUCTING QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICE; TOROIDAL TRAP;

POLARIZATION; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICES; SQUIDS;

ATOMS;

EID: 80054857704     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.84.043422     Document Type: Article

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