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SUBMITTER: Asenbaum P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3831283 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Asenbaum Peter P Kuhn Stefan S Nimmrichter Stefan S Sezer Ugur U Arndt Markus M
Nature communications 20130101
Laser cooling has given a boost to atomic physics throughout the last 30 years, as it allows one to prepare atoms in motional states, which can only be described by quantum mechanics. Most methods rely, however, on a near-resonant and cyclic coupling between laser light and well-defined internal states, which has remained a challenge for mesoscopic particles. An external cavity may compensate for the lack of internal cycling transitions in dielectric objects and it may provide assistance in the ...[more]