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 \ensuremath{\sim} ${10}^{\ensuremath{-}6}$ \ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}K. An analysis of the saturation properties of radiation pressure forces is given.
Keywords
Radiation pressureTrappingAtomic physicsRadiationResonance (particle physics)Saturation (graph theory)Materials sciencePhysicsBeam (structure)Optics
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- 1978
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 729-732
- Citations
- 554
- Access
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A. Ashkin
(1978).
Trapping of Atoms by Resonance Radiation Pressure.
Physical Review Letters
, 40
(12)
, 729-732.
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.40.729
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- DOI
- 10.1103/physrevlett.40.729