2. Noun. (physics) The use of a laser to raise an electron (in an atom or ion etc) back to a previous high state ¹
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Definition of Repumping
1. repump [v] - See also: repump
Lexicographical Neighbors of Repumping
Literary usage of Repumping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Precision Spectroscopy, Diode Lasers, and Optical Frequency Measuredited by Leo Hollberg edited by Leo Hollberg (2000)
"The function of the repumping laser (DL2) is to return the population to the ...
The tuning of the broadband repumping laser is not critical; any 490 Proc. ..."
2. The Manual of American Water-works by Moses Nelson Baker (1897)
"Three non-flowing artesian wells sunk Into St. Peter's sandstone, at depth of
1.480 1C. pump- Ing to collecting reservoirs and repumping direct. PUMPS. ..."
3. Report of the Commission on Additional Water Supply for the City of New York by William Hubert Burr (1904)
"repumping to a high level aqueduct and delivering at Hill View. 15th. Building a
smaller reservoir than in No. 14 at Brinckerhoff. and taking the flood ..."
4. Bose-Einstein Condensation: An Introduction edited by Keith Burnett, Mark Edwards, Charles W. Clark (1996)
"The dark spot MOT has this repumping frequency missing from the central volume
of the trap and, consequently, the atoms are almost completely optically ..."