PRECISION POSITION MEASUREMENT OF MOVING ATOMS USING OPTICAL-FIELDS

被引:82
作者
STOKES, KD
SCHNURR, C
GARDNER, JR
MARABLE, M
WELCH, GR
THOMAS, JE
机构
[1] Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.1997
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We demonstrate optical techniques for precisely measuring the position of moving atoms. Micron spatial resolution is attained by the methods which ultimately will scale to yield nanometer resolution limited by the uncertainty principle.
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页码:1997 / 2000
页数:4
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