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Cool things to do with lasers (2007)
Journal Article
Hughes, I. G., & Pritchard, M. J. (2007). Cool things to do with lasers. Physics Education, 42, 27-36. https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9120/42/1/001

There has been dramatic progress recently in atomic physics. It is now routine at hundreds of laboratories worldwide to cool samples of atoms to microkelvin temperatures through a process called laser cooling. Bizarre as it may sound, it is possible... Read More about Cool things to do with lasers.

A heated vapor cell unit for dichroic atomic vapor laser lock in atomic rubidium (2007)
Journal Article
McCarron, D. J., Hughes, I. G., Tierney, P., & Cornish, S. L. (2007). A heated vapor cell unit for dichroic atomic vapor laser lock in atomic rubidium. Review of Scientific Instruments, 78(9), Article 093106. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2785157

The design and performance of a compact heated vapor cell unit for realizing a dichroic atomic vapor laser lock (DAVLL) for the D2 transitions in atomic rubidium is described. A 5 cm long vapor cell is placed in a double-solenoid arrangement to produ... Read More about A heated vapor cell unit for dichroic atomic vapor laser lock in atomic rubidium.

DAVLL lineshapes in atomic rubidium. (2007)
Journal Article
Millett-Sikking, A., Hughes, I. G., Tierney, P., & Cornish, S. L. (2007). DAVLL lineshapes in atomic rubidium. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 40(1), 187-198. https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/40/1/017

A comprehensive study of the dichroic atomic vapour laser lock (DAVLL) lineshapes for the D2 transitions in atomic rubidium is presented. All four Doppler-broadened transitions (87Rb F = 1 → F ', 87Rb F = 2 → F ', 85Rb F = 2 → F ' and 85Rb F = 3 → F... Read More about DAVLL lineshapes in atomic rubidium..