In laser cooling, laser beams slow down atoms through the Doppler effect by absorbing photons, which reduces their kinetic energy. This brings the temperature of the atoms closer to absolute zero, which makes quantum phenomena researchable.
In laser cooling, laser beams slow down atoms through the Doppler effect by absorbing photons, which reduces their kinetic energy. This brings the temperature of the atoms closer to absolute zero, which makes quantum phenomena researchable.