Besides being a source of energy, light can also cool gases of atoms down to the lowest temperatures ever measured, where atomic motion almost stops. The research field of cold atoms has emerged as a multidisciplinary one, highly relevant, e.g., for precision measurements, quantum gases, simulations of many-body physics, and atom optics. In this focus article, we present the field as seen in 2015, and emphasise the fundamental role in its development that has been played by mastering light.

Cold atoms: A field enabled by light / Fallani, L.; Kastberg, A.. - In: EUROPHYSICS LETTERS. - ISSN 0295-5075. - STAMPA. - 110:(2015), pp. 53001-53001. [10.1209/0295-5075/110/53001]

Cold atoms: A field enabled by light

FALLANI, LEONARDO;
2015

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Besides being a source of energy, light can also cool gases of atoms down to the lowest temperatures ever measured, where atomic motion almost stops. The research field of cold atoms has emerged as a multidisciplinary one, highly relevant, e.g., for precision measurements, quantum gases, simulations of many-body physics, and atom optics. In this focus article, we present the field as seen in 2015, and emphasise the fundamental role in its development that has been played by mastering light.
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