Strong Velocity Compression of a Supersonic Atomic Beam Using Moving Optical Molasses
- 1 February 1992
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Europhysics Letters
- Vol. 17 (5) , 393-399
- https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/17/5/003
Abstract
We report the generation of a highly monochromatic beam of metastable argon atoms. The longitudinal velocity distribution of a supersonic atomic beam is compressed using optical molasses in the moving frame of the atoms. Velocity ratios υ0/Δυ in excess of 800 have been obtained.Keywords
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