Suboptical wavelength position measurement of moving atoms using optical fields
- 31 May 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 70 (22) , 3404-3407
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.70.3404
Abstract
We demonstrate all-optical techniques for position measurement and localization of moving atoms with suboptical wavelength precision. Spatial resolution of 200 nanometers, with linearity over a few microns, is obtained by the methods which ultimately will scale to yield nanometer resolution limited by the uncertainty principle.Keywords
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