SUBOPTICAL WAVELENGTH POSITION MEASUREMENT OF MOVING ATOMS USING OPTICAL-FIELDS

Authors
GARDNER JR MARABLE ML WELCH GR THOMAS JE
Citation
Jr. Gardner et al., SUBOPTICAL WAVELENGTH POSITION MEASUREMENT OF MOVING ATOMS USING OPTICAL-FIELDS, Physical review letters, 70(22), 1993, pp. 3404-3407
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
70
Issue
22
Year of publication
1993
Pages
3404 - 3407
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1993)70:22<3404:SWPMOM>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
We demonstrate all-optical techniques for position measurement and loc alization of moving atoms with suboptical wavelength precision. Spatia l resolution of 200 nanometers, with linearity over a few microns, is obtained by the methods which ultimately will scale to yield nanometer resolution limited by the uncertainty principle.