Raman cooling of atoms in two and three dimensions
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- 16 May 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 72 (20) , 3158-3161
Abstract
Sodium atoms have been cooled in two and three dimensions with stimulated Raman transitions. Atoms in 2D have been cooled to =1.2ħk/M, corresponding to an effective temperature of =1.7 μK while atoms in 3D have been cooled to =2.3ħk/M, or =4.3 μK.
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