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.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Prodan1985Stopping
%A Prodan, John
%A Migdall, Alan
%A Phillips, William D.
%A So, Ivan
%A Metcalf, Harold
%A Dalibard, Jean
%D 1985
%I American Physical Society
%J Physical Review Letters
%K atomic\_gases, cold\_atoms, experiment, laser\_cooling
%N 10
%P 992--995
%R 10.1103/physrevlett.54.992
%T Stopping Atoms with Laser Light
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.54.992
%V 54
%X 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.
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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.},
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author = {Prodan, John and Migdall, Alan and Phillips, William D. and So, Ivan and Metcalf, Harold and Dalibard, Jean},
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timestamp = {2014-01-09T15:14:33.000+0100},
title = {Stopping Atoms with Laser Light},
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volume = 54,
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