Lab setup for Rydberg atoms (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Lab setup for Rydberg atoms

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Laboratory setup for using giant “Rydberg” atoms to measure temperature. The glowing red orb shows the cloud of approximately one million rubidium atoms used in the setup.

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N. Schlossberger/NIST

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