Two Simultaneous Cooling Processes in "Optical Molasses"

Y. Shevy; D. S. Weiss; P. J. Ungar; E. Riis; Steven Chu

doi:10.1364/OAM.1988.PDP12

Annual Meeting Optical Society of America
Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 1988),
paper PDP12
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Two Simultaneous Cooling Processes in "Optical Molasses"

Y. Shevy, D. S. Weiss, P. J. Ungar, E. Riis, and Steven Chu

OSA Annual Meeting 1988

Santa Clara, California United States
30 October–4 November 1988
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Abstract

We have resolved a bimodal velocity distribution in Na atoms cooled in "optical molasses". We take this behavior as evidence for two distinct cooling mechanisms.

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