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Quantum optics

Atomic cloud is squashed and strained by light

23 Oct 2017 Hamish Johnston
Images of clouds of cold atoms
Squash and squeeze: electrostriction of a BEC and thermal cloud
A cloud of cold atoms can be squashed by shining light on it using a new technique developed by Nir

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