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Laser Cooling and Trapping |
Laser cooling allows one to slow atoms from their room temperature average speed of hundoranges of meters per second (a few thousand miles per hour) to just a few centimeters per second (a few inches per second). The coldest temperatures in the universe (a billionth of a degree above absolute zero) have been achieved using laser cooling and trapping techniques. Cold and confined atoms can then be manipulated with astonishing precision. At ultra-cold temperatures, the true quantum nature of atoms manifests itself.
Research in Professor Josh Grossman's laser cooling and trapping lab focuses on microscopic magnetic atomic traps formed by wires patterned on a substrate. These "atoms chips" are the first step in developing the atom-trapping analog of the electronic integrated circuit "microchip."
Students working in the lab participate in research and gain hands-on experience with lasers, optics, electronics, and ultrahigh vacuum systems. For more details, see Professor Grossman's research Web page.
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Contact
For additional information, please contact:
Joshua Grossman
Assistant Professor
Blodgett Hall, Room 002A
p - 516.877.4843
e - grossman@adelphi.edu
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