Physicists Improve Key Component of Future Atom Microscope

March 22, 2017 • by Juan S Lozano

Learn about how Mark Raizen and his team at UT Austin have developed the world's highest resolution atom lens.

Illustration of an atom laser

An atom lens is analogous to a glass lens used in an optical microscope or magnifying glass, but rather than focusing a beam of light, it focuses a beam of atoms down to a spot. Illustration: Jenna Luecke.


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