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Laser cooling is a relatively new technique that has led to insights into the behavior of atoms as well as confirming with striking detail some of the fundamental notions of quantum mechanics, such as the condensation predicted by S.N. Bose. This elegant technique, whereby atoms, molecules, and even...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Metcalf, Harold J.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Van der Straten, Peter
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer, [1999]
Series:Graduate texts in contemporary physics.
Subjects:
Laser manipulation (Nuclear physics)
Laser cooling.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Review of quantum mechanics
  • The density matrix
  • Force on two-level atoms
  • Multi-level atoms
  • General properties concerning laser cooling
  • Deceleration of an atomic beam
  • Optical molasses
  • Cooling below the Doppler limit
  • The dipole force
  • Magnetic trapping of neutral atoms
  • Optical traps for neutral atoms
  • Evaporative cooling
  • Newtonian atom optics and its applications
  • Ultra-cold collisions
  • deBroglie wave optics
  • Optical lattices
  • Bose-Einstein condensation
  • Dark states.