Journal of Modern Optics

New cooling mechanisms for atoms and molecules

Almut Beige, Tim Freegarde, Ferruccio Renzoni

Published Sep 7, 2011• 0 citations

Abstract

This special issue brings together recent contributions concerning the cooling of trapped atoms and ions to the micro and nanokelvin temperatures needed for quantum coherence and degeneracy. The fo...

DOI: 10.1080/09500340.2011.615472

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