Reviews the history of optical trapping and manipulation of small-neutral particles, from the
time of its origin in 1970 up to the present. As we shall see, the unique characteristics of this …

I Introduction.-1 Review of Quantum Mechanics.-1.1 Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory.-
1.2 The Rabi Two-Level Problem.-1.2. 1 Light Shifts.-1.2. 2 The Dressed Atom Picture.-1.2. 3 …

One of the most profound revolutions brought about by quantum mechanics is that it does
away with the distinction between waves and particles: atoms, in particular, can exhibit all …

A consistent, up-to-date description of the extremely manifold and varied experimental
techniques which nowadays enable work with neutral particles. Th book lays the physical …

Force and torque, stress and strain or work are examples of mechanical and elastic actions
which are intimately linked to chemical reactions in the cell. Optical tweezers are a light …

Publisher Summary This chapter presents an overview of atom mirrors, resonators,
waveguides, and traps that operate for the most part on the evanescent light-wave …

We demonstrate all-optical techniques for position measurement and localization of moving
atoms with suboptical wavelength precision. Spatial resolution of 200 nanometers, with …

One often hears that nanoscience or, in other words, the knowledge and control of matter at
length scales of a few nanometers, will be the scientific frontier of the 21st century. Although …

The present status of a photon scanning tunneling microscope (PSTM) and its application
are reviewed. In order to realize a nanometric apertured fiber probe, a highly reproducible …

Precision position measurement of moving atoms using optical fields Page 1 VOLUME 67,
NUMBER 15 PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 7 OcTQBER 1991 Precision Position Measurement …