Search
Menu
Gentec Electro-Optics Inc   - Measure With Gentec Accuracy LB

Physicists Manipulate Bose-Einstein Condensate to Advance ’Atom Laser’

Facebook X LinkedIn Email
Two years after researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology developed a coherent beam of atoms they called an atom laser, physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Md., have found a way to control the direction of the atom beam. The researchers worked with gaseous Bose-Einstein condensate, in which all atoms behave as a single entity. To achieve this state, scientists trapped sodium atoms in a magnetic field and cooled them to a millionth of a degree above absolute zero. They then aimed two optical lasers -- one from the left side and...Read full article

Related content from Photonics Media



    Articles


    Products


    Photonics Handbook Articles


    White Papers


    Webinars


    Photonics Dictionary Terms


    Media


    Photonics Buyers' Guide Categories


    Companies
    Published: May 1999
    Research & TechnologyTech PulseLasers

    We use cookies to improve user experience and analyze our website traffic as stated in our Privacy Policy. By using this website, you agree to the use of cookies unless you have disabled them.