• Polarization gradient cooling (PG cooling), or Sisyphus cooling, is a technique in laser cooling of atoms by dampening the motion of the trapped particles...
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    In ultra-low-temperature physics, Sisyphus cooling, the Sisyphus effect, or polarization gradient cooling involves the use of specially selected laser...
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    Doppler cooling Gray molasses Magneto-optical trap Polarization gradient cooling Sub-Doppler cooling Hänsch, T. W.; Schawlow, A. L. (1975). "Cooling of gases...
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  • also has polarization gradient. Other methods of sub-Doppler cooling include evaporative cooling, free space Raman cooling, Raman side-band cooling, resolved...
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    states where polarization gradient cooling would not work. Sub-Doppler cooling methods include: Sisyphus cooling Polarization gradient cooling Resolved sideband...
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  • Gray molasses (category Cooling technology)
    Gray molasses is a method of sub-Doppler laser cooling of atoms. It employs principles from Sisyphus cooling in conjunction with a so-called "dark" state...
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  • kinetic after having emitted a photon; sub-Doppler cooling (such as polarization gradient cooling), which can achieve temperatures well below the Doppler...
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    the level of a few microkelvin. There are two types of polarization, called E-mode (or gradient-mode) and B-mode (or curl mode). This is in analogy to...
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    magneto-optical traps, Doppler cooling, polarization gradient cooling, Raman cooling, resolved sideband cooling, and evaporative cooling. If the periodic potential...
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  • thus cooling the atoms down to temperatures as low as several microkelvin. Sub-Doppler cooling techniques, such as polarization gradient cooling and Sisyphus...
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  • sub-Doppler cooling techniques, including polarization gradient cooling, gray molasses cooling, and Raman sideband cooling, have enabled the cooling and trapping...
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    field Pyroelectricity – the creation of an electric polarization in a crystal after heating/cooling, an effect distinct from thermoelectricity Thermionic...
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  • characteristic of certain materials that have a spontaneous electric polarization that can be reversed by the application of an external electric field...
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    {\displaystyle {\eta }_{cathode}} = polarization losses in the cathode η a n o d e {\displaystyle {\eta }_{anode}} = polarization losses in the anode In SOFCs...
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    are two types of polarization patterns of radiation observed in sky. The launch of the IXPE telescope in late 2021 made polarization measurements in the...
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    thermal gradient formed between two different conductors can produce electricity. At the heart of the thermoelectric effect is that a temperature gradient in...
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    Optical tweezers (originally called single-beam gradient force trap) are scientific instruments that use a highly focused laser beam to hold and move microscopic...
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    state. This gives a net polarization that is parallel to the external field. Application of an RF pulse can tip this net polarization vector sideways (with...
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    z<0} . Since the magnetic field gradient near the trap center is uniform, the same phenomenon of trapping and cooling occurs along the x {\displaystyle...
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  • external sources (e.g., solar power, thermal energy, wind energy, salinity gradients, and kinetic energy, also known as ambient energy), then stored for use...
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    This matter then may radiate and cool faster than the surrounding regions, resulting in a pressure gradient. This gradient would push matter into an over-dense...
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  • Hyperpolarization is the spin polarization of the atomic nuclei of a material in a magnetic field far beyond thermal equilibrium conditions determined...
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    heating or cooling at an electrified junction of two different conductors (1834). His great experimental discovery was the heating or cooling of the junctions...
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    Personalized cooling technology is an example of an application where optical spectral selectivity can be beneficial. Conventional personal cooling is typically...
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  • stratospheric cloud (PSC) (nacreous cloud) polar vortex Polarization (waves) (see under Polarization effects in everyday life) pole shift theory positive...
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    cool down before it can begin working. The most commonly used cooling systems are peltier coolers which, although inefficient and limited in cooling capacity...
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    in applications where cryogenic cooling is a drawback. This is notably the case of medical imaging where such cooling imposes a thick thermal insulation...
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    the interaction between the electric fields and charged particles or polarization effects within the fluid. The generation and movement of charge carriers...
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    Wave (section Polarization)
    relative to the propagation direction is also referred to as the wave's polarization, which can be an important attribute. A wave can be described just like...
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  • membrane filtration in which forces such as pressure or concentration gradients lead to a separation through a semipermeable membrane. Suspended solids...
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