Laser cooling and trapping of atoms
JOSA B, Vol. 20, Issue 5, pp. 887-908 (2003)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.20.000887
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Abstract
A review is presented 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. It begins with a simplified introduction to optical forces on atoms, including both cooling and trapping. Then its three main sections discuss its three selected features, (1) quantization of atomic motion, (2) effects of the multilevel structure of atoms, and (3) the effects of polychromatic light. Each of these features is an expansion in a different direction from the simplest model of a classical, two-level atom moving in a monochromatic laser field.
© 2003 Optical Society of America
OCIS Codes
(020.7010) Atomic and molecular physics : Laser trapping
(300.6210) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, atomic
Citation
H. J. Metcalf and P. van der Straten, "Laser cooling and trapping of atoms," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 20, 887-908 (2003)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josab/abstract.cfm?URI=josab-20-5-887
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