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Cavity sideband cooling of a single trapped ion

Quantum Physics 2015-05-13 v1

Abstract

We report a demonstration and quantitative characterization of one-dimensional cavity cooling of a single trapped 88Sr+ ion in the resolved sideband regime. We measure the spectrum of cavity transitions, the rates of cavity heating and cooling, and the steady-state cooling limit. The cavity cooling dynamics and cooling limit of 22.5(3) motional quanta, limited by the moderate coupling between the ion and the cavity, are consistent with a simple model [Phys. Rev. A 64, 033405] without any free parameters, validating the rate equation model for cavity cooling.

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@article{arxiv.0905.0148,
  title  = {Cavity sideband cooling of a single trapped ion},
  author = {David R. Leibrandt and Jaroslaw Labaziewicz and Vladan Vuletic and Isaac L. Chuang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0905.0148},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

5 pages, 4 figures

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