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| Title: |
Atom Trap |
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In a photo taken in the late 1980s, researcher Kris Helmerson observes a tiny glowing cloud of sodium atoms caught by six intersecting laser beams in a vacuum chamber. At that time, Helmerson was a member of William Phillips?s research group at NIST. Phillips shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1997 for laser cooling and trapping techniques developed in this lab. Such techniques produce the coldest temperatures in the universe and are critical for ultra accurate atomic clocks.
See also http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/factsheet/laserfest.cfm.
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| Subjects (names): |
Helmerson, Kris
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| Source: |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
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Credit: H. Mark Helfer, NIST |
| Date Created: |
1988 |
| Date Entered: |
12/18/2009 |
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