Abstract
The laser-cooling and trapping of atoms has become routine in many laboratories arund the world.[1] Using only a relatively simple set-up it is possible to prepare atomic samples with ensemble temperatures below 20 μK and densities of greater than 1011 cm−3 in a low collision environment. These are ideal conditions for high resolution laser spectroscopy. The corresponding velocities in the cm/sec range also allow interaction times long enough that transit time broadening is insignificant even in situations where a small interaction volume is desirable. Broadening due to environmental influences and collisional effects are negligible.
© 1996 Optical Society of America
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