Pencil free-space system (IMAGE)

JILA

Pencil free-space system

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A pencil-shaped ultracold gas of frozen two-level atoms interacting via photon-mediated interactions, with elastic and inelastic components. A continuous laser drive excites the atoms on-resonance. Atoms also spontaneously emit photons into free-space.

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Steven Burrows/Rey Group and JILA

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