Laser Cooling of an Atomic Beam by Spatial Doppler Tuning of a Resonance Transition
Abstract
Cooling of an atomic beam by Doppler tuning is proposed. The atomic beam is decelerated by repeatedly crossing a resonant laser beam at a decreasing angle. An example of the experimental configuration to slow down a two-level atomic beam by a factor of 20 using two lasers is given.
- Publication:
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Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
- Pub Date:
- December 1985
- DOI:
- 10.1143/JJAP.24.1655
- Bibcode:
- 1985JaJAP..24.1655U
- Keywords:
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- Atomic Beams;
- Doppler Effect;
- Laser Outputs;
- Quenching (Atomic Physics);
- Tunable Lasers;
- Cooling;
- Electron Transitions;
- Molecular Beams;
- Momentum Transfer;
- Atomic and Molecular Physics