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Nature 416, 206-210 (14 March 2002) | doi:10.1038/416206a
Cold atoms and quantum control
Steven Chu1
Abstract
This overview prefaces a collection of Insight review articles on the physics and applications of laser-cooled atoms. I will cast this work into a historical perspective in which laser cooling and trapping is seen as one of several research directions aimed at controlling the internal and external degrees of freedom of atoms and molecules.
- Physics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4060, USA