LOCALIZATION OF ATOMS IN A 3-DIMENSIONAL STANDING WAVE

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作者
WESTBROOK, CI
WATTS, RN
TANNER, CE
ROLSTON, SL
PHILLIPS, WD
LETT, PD
GOULD, PL
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[1] Center for Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg
[2] Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, Storrs
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.33
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We have used a heterodyne technique to observe the spectrum of resonance fluorescence from sodium atoms in optical molasses. The spectra show a very narrow feature which we attribute to Dicke narrowing of the fluorescence from atoms localized to less than an optical wavelength in three-dimensional standing-wave potential wells. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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