A robust and modular cesium magneto-optical trap using divergent laser beams

arXiv:2607.13145 · physics.atom-ph, physics.optics, quant-ph · Submitted 2026-07-14 · Read on arXiv

physics.atom-ph, physics.optics, quant-ph

Submitted: 2026-07-14

Updated: 2026-10-17

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• Quantum sensing — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Polarization — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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