Optik & Photonik
Volume 6, Issue 2 pp. 49-51
Fiber Optics
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Fiber optics for laser cooling and trapping

Combining and collimating multiple laser beams for manipulating atoms

Dr. Christian Knothe, 

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Dr. Christian Knothe

Schäfter+Kirchhoff GmbH, Kieler Str. 212, 22525 Hamburg, Germany, Phone: +49 (0)40 853 997 - 18, Fax: +49 (0)40 853 997 - 79

Christian Knothe, Schäfter+Kirchhoff GmbH, Kieler Str. 212, 22525 Hamburg, Germany, Phone: +49 (0)40 853 997 - 18, Fax: +49 (0)40 853 997 - 79, http://www.SuKHamburg.de

Ulrich Oechsner, Schäfter+Kirchhoff GmbH, Kieler Str. 212, 22525 Hamburg, Germany, Phone: +49 (0)40 853 997 - 21, Fax: +49 (0)40 853 997 - 79, http://www.SuKHamburg.de

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Dr. Ulrich Oechsner, 

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Dr. Ulrich Oechsner

Schäfter+Kirchhoff GmbH, Kieler Str. 212, 22525 Hamburg, Germany, Phone: +49 (0)40 853 997 - 21, Fax: +49 (0)40 853 997 - 79

Christian Knothe, Schäfter+Kirchhoff GmbH, Kieler Str. 212, 22525 Hamburg, Germany, Phone: +49 (0)40 853 997 - 18, Fax: +49 (0)40 853 997 - 79, http://www.SuKHamburg.de

Ulrich Oechsner, Schäfter+Kirchhoff GmbH, Kieler Str. 212, 22525 Hamburg, Germany, Phone: +49 (0)40 853 997 - 21, Fax: +49 (0)40 853 997 - 79, http://www.SuKHamburg.de

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First published: 06 May 2011
https://doi.org/10.1002/opph.201190332

Abstract

Over the last two decades, the interest in the investigation of atoms at ultralow temperatures has increased substantially, as is reflected in the number of Nobel prizes awarded during this time. The major focus has shifted from primarily cooling down atoms as close as possible to absolute zero and towards the experimental investigation of these already cooled atoms. Fiber-optical components designed for the accomplishment of these goals assist researchers all over the world in concentrating their experimental effort on their endeavours with ultra-cold atoms.

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