BACKGROUND The generation and control of coherent electromagnetic waves, such as
those provided by electronic oscillators in the radio frequency domain or lasers in the optical …

The field of cavity optomechanics is reviewed. This field explores the interaction between
electromagnetic radiation and nanomechanical or micromechanical motion. This review …

Optical atomic clocks represent the state of the art in the frontier of modern measurement
science. In this article a detailed review on the development of optical atomic clocks that are …

I Introduction.-1 Review of Quantum Mechanics.-1.1 Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory.-
1.2 The Rabi Two-Level Problem.-1.2. 1 Light Shifts.-1.2. 2 The Dressed Atom Picture.-1.2. 3 …

Single trapped ions represent elementary quantum systems that are well isolated from the
environment. They can be brought nearly to rest by laser cooling, and both their internal …

Quantum information processing relies on the precise control of non-classical states in the
presence of many uncontrolled environmental degrees of freedom. The interactions …

The counter-intuitive aspects of quantum physics have been for long illustrated by thought
experiments, from Einstein's photon box to Schrödinger's cat. These experiments have now …

In 1978, while I was a postdoctoral fellow at MIT, I read a paper by Art Ashkin (1978) in
which he described how one might slow down an atomic beam of sodium using the radiation …

We present two cooling mechanisms that lead to temperatures well below the Doppler limit.
These mechanisms are based on laser polarization gradients and work at low laser power …

The techniques of optical trap** and manipulation of neutral particles by lasers provide
unique means to control the dynamics of small particles. These new experimental methods …