LASER COOLING OF CESIUM ATOMS BELOW 3-MU-K

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作者
SALOMON, C
DALIBARD, J
PHILLIPS, WD
CLAIRON, A
GUELLATI, S
机构
[1] UNIV PARIS 06,CNRS,URA 18,F-75231 PARIS 05,FRANCE
[2] LAB PRIMAIRE TEMPS & FREQUENCES,F-75014 PARIS,FRANCE
[3] LAB AIMEE COTTON,F-91405 ORSAY,FRANCE
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EUROPHYSICS LETTERS | 1990年 / 12卷 / 08期
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10.1209/0295-5075/12/8/003
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O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We have measured the temperature of cesium atoms released from optical molasses. For a wide range of laser intensity and detuning from resonance, the temperature depends only on the intensity-to-detuning ratio. The lowest temperature achieved is (2.5 k 0.6) μK, which corresponds to an r.m.s. velocity of 12.5 mm/s or 3.6 times the single-photon recoil velocity. This is, to our knowledge, the coldest kinetic temperature ever measured for three-dimensional (3D) cooling. © 1990 IOP Publishing Ltd.
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页码:683 / 688
页数:6
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