Note to users. If you're seeing this message, it means that your browser cannot find this page's style/presentation instructions -- or possibly that you are using a browser that does not support current Web standards. Find out more about why this message is appearing, and what you can do to make your experience of our site the best it can be.

Science 19 February 1988:
Vol. 239. no. 4842, pp. 877 - 883
DOI: 10.1126/science.239.4842.877
Prev | Table of Contents | Next

Articles

Cooling, Stopping, and Trapping Atoms

WILLIAM D. PHILLIPS 1, PHILLIP L. GOULD 1, and PAUL D. LETT 2

1 Electricity Division, National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD 20899.
2 National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow., Electricity Division, National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD 20899.

Significant advances have been made in the ability to control the motion of neutral atoms. Cooling and trapping atoms present new possibilities for studies of ultracold atoms and atomic interactions. The techniques of laser cooling and deceleration of atomic beams, magnetic and laser trapping of neutral atoms, and a number of recent advances in the use of radiative forces to manipulate atoms are reviewed.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Laser Manipulation of Atoms and Particles.
S. CHU (1991)
Science 253, 861-866
   Abstract »    PDF »


To Advertise     Find Products

Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)