num_pages: 214
description: This is a book about laser cooling, a new research field with many potential applications. The authors present an original approach, using the tools and concepts of statistical physics. A new understanding of laser cooling, both intuitive and quantitative, is obtained. The volume also comprises a case study allowing non-Gaussian (Lévy) statistics, a technique being used more frequently in many different fields.
language: English
title: Lévy Statistics and Laser Cooling: How Rare Events Bring Atoms to Rest
titlecomplete: Lévy Statistics and Laser Cooling: How Rare Events Bring Atoms to Rest
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Cambridge University Press