Dipole trap
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A dipole trap is a system in which a laser (or two lasers) are used to polarize an individual atom for study. The set-up is similar to a Magneto-optical trap
except that there is no magnetic field and a reduced number of lasers.
Magneto-optical trap
A magneto-optical trap is a device that uses both laser cooling with magneto-optical trapping in order to produce samples of cold, trapped, neutral atoms at temperatures as low as several microkelvins, two or three times the recoil limit.By combining the small momentum of a single photon with a...
except that there is no magnetic field and a reduced number of lasers.