Atomic physics (1)

An assembly of potassium atoms in vacuo trapped using laser beams and magnetic fields, fluorescing under illumination from the infra red laser.
The temperature of the atoms is a few microkelvin. The pressure within the apparatus is approximately 1 micropascal.

Trapped atoms fluorescing



Courtesy, AK-P.

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