QUASI-ELECTROSTATIC TRAP FOR NEUTRAL ATOMS

Authors
TAKEKOSHI T YEH JR KNIZE RJ
Citation
T. Takekoshi et al., QUASI-ELECTROSTATIC TRAP FOR NEUTRAL ATOMS, Optics communications, 114(5-6), 1995, pp. 421-424
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304018
Volume
114
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
421 - 424
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(1995)114:5-6<421:QTFNA>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
We show that it is possible to trap any neutral atom using a focused h igh power infrared laser. The trap could hold several different specie s of atoms simultaneously. Small photon scattering and heating rates a llow the possibility of long trap lifetimes.