Recoil temperature

Summary

• In laser cooling, the Boltzmann constant times the recoil temperature is equal to the recoil energy deposited in a single atom initially at rest by the spontaneous emission of a single photon.

Similar Topics

• Room temperature
• Néel temperature
• Reduced temperature
• Noise temperature
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• Temperature
• Negative temperature
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Related Topics

• Boltzmann constant
• Laser cooling
• Spontaneous emission

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