Laser Cooling and Trapping of Neutral Atoms

Harold J. Metcalf; Peter van der Straten

doi:10.1002/9783527600441.oe1002

Laser Cooling and Trapping of Neutral Atoms

Harold J. Metcalf
, Peter van der Straten

Physics and Astronomy

Utrecht University

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Abstract

This article presents a review of some of the principal techniques of laser cooling and trapping that have been developed during the past 20 years. Its approach is primarily experimental, but its quantitative descriptions are consistent in notation with most of the theoretical literature.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Optics Encyclopedia
Subtitle of host publication	Basic Foundations and Practical Applications
Publisher	wiley
Pages	975-1014
Number of pages	40
ISBN (Electronic)	9783527600441
ISBN (Print)	9783527403202
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527600441.oe1002
State	Published - Jan 1 2007

Keywords

atom trapping
Bose-Einstein condensation
laser cooling
optical lattice

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