Direct observation of the influence of Doppler-induced resonances on atomic velocities
- 30 July 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 65 (5), 555-558
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.65.555
Abstract
We report the first direct observation of the effect of Doppleron resonances on the velocity distribution of atoms in an intense optical standing wave. These observations are in reasonable agreement with the simulations based on a continued-fraction solution for the force.Keywords
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