Shaping the evanescent field of optical nanofibers for cold atom trapping

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 27093-27101

  Phelan, C F ^a   Hennessy, T ^a,b   Busch, Th ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD ATOMS; COUNTERPROPAGATING; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; LATTICE CONFIGURATION; NEUTRAL ATOMS;

EVANESCENT FIELDS; OPTICAL FIBERS;

EXCITED STATES;

EID: 84887443557     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.027093     Document Type: Conference Paper

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