Stopping atoms with laser light

John Prodan; Alan Migdall; William D. Phillips; Ivan So; Harold Metcalf; Jean Dalibard

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.54.992

Stopping atoms with laser light

John Prodan
, Alan Migdall
, William D. Phillips
, Ivan So
, Harold Metcalf
, Jean Dalibard

Physics and Astronomy

Stony Brook University

National Institute of Standards and Technology
Stony Brook University
Ecole Normale Supérieure-PSL Research University

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Abstract

We have produced a sample of free sodium atoms at rest in the laboratory by decelerating atoms in an atomic beam using momentum transfer from a counterpropagating, resonant laser beam. These atoms have a density of about 105 cm-3 and a velocity spread of about 15 m/s full width at half maximum corresponding to a kinetic temperature less than 100 mK.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	992-995
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	54
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.54.992
State	Published - 1985

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