VELOCITY SELECTION FOR ULTRACOLD ATOMS USING A MICROMASER

Authors
LOFFLER M MEYER GM WALTHER H
Citation
M. Loffler et al., VELOCITY SELECTION FOR ULTRACOLD ATOMS USING A MICROMASER, Europhysics letters, 41(6), 1998, pp. 593-598
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Europhysics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
02955075
Volume
41
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
593 - 598
Database
ISI
SICI code
0295-5075(1998)41:6<593:VSFUAU>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
The velocity distribution of ultracold atoms passing through a resonan t microwave cavity can narrow by more than an order of magnitude. This velocity selection is due to resonances in the transmission through d ressed-state potentials. The proposed device is an atom-optical analog of a Fabry-Perot resonator and allows for macroscopic coherence lengt hs.