Controlling Atomic Interactions with Light

Autor: Williams, Ross A., LeBlanc, Lindsay J., Jiménez-García, Karina, Beeler, Matthew C., Perry, Abigail R., Phillips, William D., Spielman, Ian B.
Zdroj: Optics and Photonics News; December 2012, Vol. 23 Issue: 12 p45-45, 1p
Abstrakt: For most of the 20th century, atomic physicists used light to probe atoms. Today, scientists use light to manipulate particles with unprecedented control, routinely cooling atoms to a few billionths of a degree above absolute zero. This ability is vital for developing atomic clocks, quantum computing and the use of ultracold quantum gases to study many-body physics. Now, we report that we can use light to modify the interactions between atoms in a new way.
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