Collimation Mechanism for Atom Lasers
Abstract
Description
A mechanism is suggested for creating well-collimated beams of neutral spin-polarized particles by means of magnetic fields. This mechanism can be used in atom lasers for the formation of directed coherent beams of atoms. The directed motion of atoms is achieved only with the help of magnetic fields, no mechanical collimators being involved.
1 file, RevTex, no figures (Invited report, International Workshop on Laser Physics, Berlin, July 1998)
1 file, RevTex, no figures (Invited report, International Workshop on Laser Physics, Berlin, July 1998)