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No references found			The MOT can achieve higher atom density, but the ball of atoms is typically converted to optical molasses prior to launching. Primary atomic frequency standards at NIST by Wineland, D.J. / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology By converting the slowest atoms in the optical molasses into a "dark" state, in which they no longer absorb photons, the team was able to chill helium atoms to a mere 180 billionths of a degree above absolute zero, where the atoms moved at the terrapinlike pace of 2 cm/s. Laser cooling yields Nobel in physics by Perkins, Sid / Science News In a typical experiment, the optical molasses has a volume of 1 cubic centimeter and contains about 10 million atoms moving at an average speed of 10 centimeters per second, a five-thousandth of their speed at room temperature. Optical molasses: atoms in the deep freeze by Peterson, Ivars / Science News			optical isomerism optical Kerr effect optical landing system optical lantern optical lattice optical length optical lens optical lever optical lithography Optical Mark Reader optical mark reading optical maser optical mask optical material Optical materials optical measurement Optical Measuring Instruments optical memory optical meteor optical microphone optical microscope optical mode optical model optical modulator Optical modulators optical molasses optical moment optical monochromator optical mouse optical networking optical null method optical oceanography Optical Orientation optical parallax optical parametric amplification Optical Parametric Oscillator Optical Path optical phase conjugation optical phenomena optical phonon optical plastic optical plummet optical printing Optical Prism optical processing optical projection system optical projector optical property optical proximity sensor optical pulse Optical pulses			optical meteor Optical Methods of Flow Investigation Optical Micro-Machines, Inc. Optical Micro-Networks optical microphone Optical microscope Optical microscope Optical microscope optical microscopes optical microscopes Optical microscopy Optical microscopy Optical microscopy optical microspherometer Optical migraine Optical migraine Optical migraine optical minehunting Optical mode Optical Mode Interface SuperTwisted Nematic Optical model Optical model Optical model Optical modulation amplitude Optical Modulation Depth Optical Modulation Index Optical modulator Optical modulators Optical Module Optical Moisture Content optical molasses optical moment Optical Monitor optical monochromator Optical motion digitizer Optical motion digitizer Optical Mounting Board optical mouse Optical Mouse Sensor Optical Multi-Channel Imaging Sensor Optical Multi-Frequency Optical Multi-Mesh Hypercube Optical Multi-Service Node Optical Multimode 2 Optical Multimode 3 Optical multiple star Optical multiple star Optical Multiplex Section Optical Multiplexed Carrier Optical Multiplexer Optical Multiplexer Section Dedicated Protection Ring Optical Multiplexer/Optical Amplifier Optical Multiplexing Unit Optical Multiservice Edge Optical Music Easy Reader Optical Nano-Technology Laboratory Optical Navigation Imaging Processing System

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