3D Projection Sideband Cooling
Quantum Gases
2012-03-12 v1 Atomic Physics
Abstract
We demonstrate 3D microwave projection sideband cooling of trapped, neutral atoms. The technique employs state-dependent potentials that enable microwave photons to drive vibration-number reducing transitions. The particular cooling sequence we employ uses minimal spontaneous emission, and works even for relatively weakly bound atoms. We cool 76% of atoms to their 3D vibrational ground states in a site-resolvable 3D optical lattice.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1202.6631,
title = {3D Projection Sideband Cooling},
author = {Xiao Li and Theodore A. Corcovilos and Yang Wang and David S. Weiss},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1202.6631},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
5 pages, 4 figures, Supplemental Material included. To appear in Physical Review Letters