Localization of atoms in a three-dimensional standing wave

C. I. Westbrook, R. N. Watts, Carol E. Tanner, S. L. Rolston, William D. Phillips, Paul D. Lett, Phillip L. Gould

Physical Review Letters · 1990 · 156 citations · 16 references

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Abstract

We have used a heterodyne technique to observe the spectrum of resonance fluorescence from sodium atoms in optical molasses. The spectra show a very narrow feature which we attribute to Dicke narrowing of the fluorescence from atoms localized to less than an optical wavelength in three-dimensional standing-wave potential wells.

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