Hansch-Schawlow 1975 / Wineland-Itano 1979 proposal; Chu 1985 experimental demonstration of optical molasses: six red-detuned counter-propagating laser beams (each at δ ≈ −Γ/2 below the atomic resonance) create a velocity-damping force F =…
Hansch-Schawlow 1975 / Wineland-Itano 1979 proposal; Chu 1985 experimental demonstration of optical molasses: six red-detuned counter-propagating laser beams (each at δ ≈ −Γ/2 below the atomic resonance) create a velocity-damping force F =…