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Application of lasers to ultracold atoms and molecules

Hélène Perrin, Pierre Lemonde, Franck Pereira Dos Santos, Vincent Josse, Bruno Laburthe-Tolra, Frédéric Chevy, Daniel Comparat

Published 2011-02-07, updated 2011-05-19Version 2

In this review, we discuss the impact of the development of lasers on ultracold atoms and molecules and their applications. After a brief historical review of laser cooling and Bose-Einstein condensation, we present important applications of ultra cold atoms, including time and frequency metrology, atom interferometry and inertial sensors, atom lasers, simulation of condensed matter systems, production and study of strongly correlated systems, and production of ultracold molecules.

Comments: Review paper written in the name of IFRAF to celebrate 50 years of lasers and their applications to cold atom physics; 15 pages, 2 figures; to appear in Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris
Categories: cond-mat.quant-gas
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