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In 1968 V.S. Letokhov [312] suggested that it is possible to confine atoms in the wavelength size regions of a standing wave by means of the dipole force that arises from the light shift, as discussed in Chapters 1, 9, and 11. This was first accomplished in 1987 in one dimension with an atomic beam traversing an intense standing wave [313]. Since then, the study of atoms confined in wavelength-size potential wells has become an important topic in optical control of atomic motion because it opens up configurations previously accessible only in condensed matter physics using crystals.
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Metcalf, H.J., van der Straten, P. (1999). Optical Lattices. In: Laser Cooling and Trapping. Graduate Texts in Contemporary Physics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1470-0_16
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