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Atomic, molecular and optical physics

the viscous damping of atomic motion by counter-propagating laser beams tuned below resonance, which slows and cools atoms in three dimensions.

In atomic, molecular and optical physics, optical molasses refers to the viscous damping of atomic motion by counter-propagating laser beams tuned below resonance, which slows and cools atoms in three dimensions. This meaning comes from Chu (1985) in Physical Review Letters.[1]

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References

Chu, S., Hollberg, L., Bjorkholm, J. E., Cable, A., & Ashkin, A. (1985). Three-dimensional viscous confinement and cooling of atoms by resonance radiation pressure. Physical Review Letters, 55(1), 48-51. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.55.48

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