Vacuum-stimulated cooling of single atoms in three dimensions

Nature Physics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 122-126

  Nußmann, Stefan ^a   Murr, Karim ^a   Hijlkema, Markus ^a   Weber, Bernhard ^a   Kuhn, Axel ^a   Rempe, Gerhard ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; ELECTRODYNAMICS; FRICTION; PARTICLE BEAMS; QUANTUM OPTICS; TEMPERATURE;

CAVITY QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; COOLING EFFICIENCY; DYNAMICAL PROCESS; HIGH-FINESSE CAVITY; LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTIONS; LOW TEMPERATURES; QUANTUM INFORMATION SCIENCE; SINGLE-PHOTON LEVEL;

ATOMS;

EID: 84924811428     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys120     Document Type: Article

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