Trapping of Atoms by Resonance Radiation Pressure
- 20 March 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 40 (12) , 729-732
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.40.729
Abstract
A method of stably trapping, cooling, and manipulating atoms on a continuous-wave basis is proposed using resonance radiation pressure forces. Use of highly focused laser beams and atomic beam injection should give a very deep trap for confining single atoms or gases at temperatures ∼ °K. An analysis of the saturation properties of radiation pressure forces is given.
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