Laser Cooling of an Atomic Beam by Spatial Doppler Tuning of a Resonance Transition
Jun Umezu, Fujio Shimizu
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Jun Umezu, Fujio Shimizu
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Cooling of an atomic beam by Doppler tuning is proposed. The atomic beam is decelerated by repeatedly crossing a resonant laser beam at a decreasing angle. An example of the experimental configuration to slow down a two-level atomic beam by a factor of 20 using two lasers is given.
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Cooling of an atomic beam by Doppler tuning is proposed. The atomic beam is decelerated by repeatedly crossing a resonant laser beam at a decreasing angle. An example of the experimental configuration to slow down a two-level atomic beam by a factor of 20 using two lasers is given.
Key concepts: Atomic beam, Laser cooling, Doppler effect, Beam (structure), Atomic physics, Laser, Resonance (particle physics), Optics