Laser Cooling and Trapping

This book discusses the optical techniques used to control atomic motion. This elegant technique utilizes beams of light to trap and move atoms, molecules, and even microscopic beads of glass within small regions of free space. It has already proven to be a useful research tool for the study of individual atoms and clusters of atoms, for investigating chemical reactions, and for determining the physical properties of macromolecules such as synthetic polymers and DNA. The book also treats im...