Precision position measurement of moving atoms using optical fields
- 7 October 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 67 (15) , 1997-2000
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.67.1997
Abstract
We demonstrate optical techniques for precisely measuring the position of moving atoms. Micron spatial resolution is attained by the methods which ultimately will scale to yield nanometer resolution limited by the uncertainty principle.Keywords
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