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Abstract:

The following sections are included:

  • Addendum A: Press Release: The 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics

    • Atoms Floating in Optical Molasses

    • Slowing Down Atoms with Photons

    • Doppler Cooling and Optical Molasses

    • Doppler Limit Broken

    • Recoil Limit also Broken

    • Applications Just Round the Corner

    • Further Reading

  • Addendum B: Additional background material on the Nobel Prize in Physics 1997

    • Historical Background

    • Optical Molasses

    • Sub-Doppler Cooling

    • Sub-Recoil Cooling

    • Applications

    • Further Reading

  • Addendum C: Uproar over Nobel Physics Prize

  • References

  • Acknowledgments

  • Biography of Arthur Ashkin

  • List of Reprints