Author(s): Tim Kovachy, Jason M. Hogan, Alex Sugarbaker, Susannah M. Dickerson, Christine A. Donnelly, Chris Overstreet, and Mark A. Kasevich
An optical dipole field is used as a collimating lens to cool Rubidium atoms to record-low kinetic temperatures of 50 picokelvin.
[Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 143004] Published Wed Apr 08, 2015