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Laser cooling and manipulating atoms: Principles and applications

  • ZHUANG Wei ,
  • LI Tianchu
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  • National Institute of Metrology, Beijing 100029, China

Received date: 2017-02-21

  Revised date: 2018-01-11

  Online published: 2018-03-28

Abstract

Laser cooling and trapping of atoms may reduce atoms'thermal velocities and manipulate them with quantum technologies, as widely applied in precise measurements. This paper reviews the history of laser cooling and trapping, explains its basic principles, and introduces its applications in Bose-Einstein condensates, atomic clocks and atomic interferometers.

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ZHUANG Wei , LI Tianchu . Laser cooling and manipulating atoms: Principles and applications[J]. Science & Technology Review, 2018 , 36(5) : 28 -38 . DOI: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2018.05.004

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