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Optical Trapping: Method Used in Atomic Cooling Experiments
Optical Trapping: Method Used in Atomic Cooling Experiments
Optical trapping is a way of cooling atoms to the point where they are no longer in motion—or are trapped. One may instantly think of optical tweezers when hearing the mention of optical trapping. While ...
Laser Cooling: A Future for Cryogenics Without Liquid Coolants
Laser Cooling: A Future for Cryogenics Without Liquid Coolants
Low temperature physics has helped us produce exotic quantum materials such as superconductors. This usually requires cryogenic fluids such as liquid nitrogen and helium for operation. Recently cooling ...
Magneto-Optical Traps: from Quantum Computing to Redefining Time
Magneto-Optical Traps: from Quantum Computing to Redefining Time
In this blog post we will learn about magneto-optical traps. An important scientific technique that has found quite a few important applications at the forefronts of science and technology. In this post we ...