• An atom laser is a coherent state of propagating atoms. They are created out of a Bose–Einstein condensate of atoms that are output coupled using various...
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    Laser cooling includes several techniques where atoms, molecules, and small mechanical systems are cooled with laser light. The directed energy of lasers...
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    naturally occurring coherent emissions, as in astrophysical maser and atom laser. A laser that produces light by itself is technically an optical oscillator...
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  • dissipation in the operation of a laser or other CQED device; dissipation is the means by which the system (coupled atom/cavity) interacts with its environment...
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    an "atom laser", the atomic analogue of an optical laser. In addition to ongoing investigations of Bose–Einstein condensates in ultracold atoms, his...
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    spray supercooled liquid on the enemy.[citation needed] Physics portal Atom laser Atomic coherence Bose–Einstein correlations Bose–Einstein condensation:...
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    trap and slow the motion of atoms to cool a substance. The term is sometimes used synonymously with laser cooling, though laser cooling includes other techniques...
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  • (antiquity), an extinct plant which produced the resin laser Atom laser All pages with titles containing Laser Lazar (disambiguation) Lazer (disambiguation) Lase...
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    laser producing a coherent x-ray or EUV beam Atom laser producing a coherent beam of atoms Gravity laser, a hypothetical concept of producing coherent...
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    to energize atoms in the sodium layer of the mesosphere at an altitude of around 90 km (56 mi). The sodium atoms then re-emit the laser light, producing...
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  • of several techniques typically has to be used. First, atoms are trapped and pre-cooled via laser cooling in a magneto-optical trap. To reach the lowest...
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  • recoils an atom receives from single photons. Achieving BEC requires cooling the atoms beyond the limits of laser cooling, which means the lasers used in...
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  • useful to consider a very simple assembly of atoms forming a laser medium. Assume there is a group of N atoms, each of which is capable of being in one of...
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    accurate enough results. However, when the laser intensity is sufficiently high, the detailed structure of the atom or molecule can be ignored and analytic...
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    Optical molasses is a laser cooling technique that can cool neutral atoms to as low as a few microkelvin, depending on the atomic species. An optical...
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  • the laser based interferometers, i.e. the beam splitter and mirrors are lasers while the source emits matter waves (the atoms) rather than light. Atom interferometers...
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    instruments that use a highly focused laser beam to hold and move microscopic and sub-microscopic objects like atoms, nanoparticles and droplets, in a manner...
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    Without helium, the neon atoms would be excited mostly to lower excited states, responsible for non-laser lines. A neon laser with no helium can be constructed...
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    has been applied to the Strong Confinement Limit, which is a mode of an atom laser in which the frequency of emission of the Bose–Einstein condensate is...
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    apparatus which uses laser cooling and a spatially-varying magnetic field to create a trap which can produce samples of cold, neutral atoms. Temperatures achieved...
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  • Zeilinger), quantum logic gate, and the development of the first single atom laser. According to Elizabeth Rogan, OSA CEO, "Jeff has led a revolution in...
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  • structure similar to atoms. Lasers fabricated from such an active media exhibit device performance that is closer to gas lasers, and avoid some of the...
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    Atoms are the basic particles of the chemical elements. An atom consists of a nucleus of protons and generally neutrons, surrounded by an electromagnetically...
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    specially selected laser light, hitting atoms from various angles to both cool and trap them in a potential well, effectively rolling the atom down a hill of...
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  • This is a list of laser topics. Contents:  Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Physics portal M. Born and E. Wolf, Principles...
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    information. Optionally, an atom probe may also include laser-optical systems for laser beam targeting and pulsing, if using laser-evaporation methods. In-situ...
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    molecules. In sealed lasers, this takes place as the helium atoms strike the walls of the laser discharge tube. In flow-through lasers, a continuous stream...
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  • An exotic atom is an otherwise normal atom in which one or more sub-atomic particles have been replaced by other particles of the same charge. For example...
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    physics, and supports the development of techniques for atom-wave interferometry and atom lasers. Physics portal Bose–Einstein correlations Bose–Einstein...
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    maser and contributed to the subsequent development of the laser. The combination of atoms or molecules into crystals or other extended forms leads to...
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