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Atom Skimmers and Atom Lasers Utilizing Them

TBMG-407

02/02/2005

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Atom skimmers are devices that act as low-pass velocity filters for atoms in thermal atomic beams. An atom skimmer operating in conjunction with a suitable thermal atomic-beam source (e.g., an oven in which cesium is heated) can serve as a source of slow atoms for a magneto-optical trap or other apparatus in an atomic-physics experiment. Phenomena that are studied in such apparatuses include Bose-Einstein condensation of atomic gases, spectra of trapped atoms, and collisions of slowly moving atoms.

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"Atom Skimmers and Atom Lasers Utilizing Them," Mobility Engineering, February 2, 2005.
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Feb 2, 2005
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TBMG-407
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English