Jean Dalibard - Vulgarization

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Articles on laser cooling and trapping

  • Immobilizing atoms with laser light

    Dalibard J., "Immobilizing atoms with laser light", La Recherche, vol. 16, no. 168, July-August 1985, pp. 934-35.

    In the early days of atom cooling, we didn't yet know how to trap atoms..

  • Atoms trapped by the cold

    Dalibard J., "Les atomes piégés par le froid", Science et Vie, 1987.

    Where we start talking about condensation..

  • Light channels for atoms

    Aspect A., Dalibard J. and Salomon C., "Des canaux de lumière pour des atomes", La Recherche, vol. 19, no. 197, March 1988, pp. 400-401.

    The ancestor of optical networks.

  • A gravitational cavity for atoms

    Desbiolles P. and Dalibard J., "Une cavité gravitationnelle pour atomes", Revue scientifique et technique de la défense, vol. 3, p. 105-111, 1993.

    A nice application of laser particle manipulation, the atomic trampoline.

  • Laser cooling of atoms

    Aspect A. and Dalibard J., "Le refroidissement des atomes par laser",La Recherche, vol. 25, n°261, January 1994, pp. 30-37.

    Review article, describing in detail the mechanisms of atom cooling and trapping, as well as applications to atom interferometry and metrology.

  • Atoms and photons: familiar objects for new physics

    Dalibard J., "Atoms et Photons: des objets familiiers pour une physique nouvelle", June 1995.

    Text taken from a lecture given at the Palais de la découverte in June 1995.

  • The Sisyphean years

    Dalibard J., "Les années Sisyphe", Bulletin de la Société française de physique, December 1997-January 1998, p. 16.

    Cahier in honor of Claude Cohen-Tannoudji.

Articles on quantum gases and Bose-Einstein condensates

Filmed conferences

Lecture "Bose-Einstein condensates", Université de tous les savoirs, June 22, 2005

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