Sub-Doppler temperature measurements of laser-cooled atoms using optical nanofibres

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Russell, Laura ^a,b,c   Deasy, Kieran ^b,d,g   Daly, Mark J ^a,b   Morrissey, Michael J ^e   Chormaic, Síle Nic ^a,b,c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Department of Chemistry   (Ireland)

^e INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; LASER COOLING; NANOFIBERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

CLOUD TEMPERATURE; DOPPLER LIMIT; LASER-COOLED ATOMS; MAGNETOOPTICAL TRAPS; MEASUREMENTS OF; QUANTUM DEVICE; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; ULTRACOLD ATOMS;

ATOM LASERS;

EID: 84855361590     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/23/1/015201     Document Type: Article

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