Abstract
The cooling mechanisms for laser cooling of atoms in optical molasses have been investigated experimentally. A significant simplification over the usual three-dimensional geometry has been obtained by studying the optical molasses in one or two dimensions only. By proper choice of polarizations the behavior of a pure two-level system as well as the more complicated effects of polarization gradients on laser cooling of a multilevel atom were observed.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2072-2083 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 1989 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
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