Cavity cooling of atoms: Within and without a cavity
Quantum Physics
2015-03-17 v2 Atomic Physics
Optics
Abstract
We compare the efficiencies of two optical cooling schemes, where a single particle is either inside or outside an optical cavity, under experimentally-realisable conditions. We evaluate the cooling forces using the general solution of a transfer matrix method for a moving scatterer inside a general one-dimensional system composed of immobile optical elements. Assuming the same atomic saturation parameter, we find that the two cooling schemes provide cooling forces and equilibrium temperatures of comparable magnitude.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1101.2739,
title = {Cavity cooling of atoms: Within and without a cavity},
author = {André Xuereb and Peter Domokos and Peter Horak and Tim Freegarde},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.2739},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
6 pages, 6 figures