arXiv:0802.0683 · Physical Review Letters

Single-Photon Atomic Cooling

Gabriel Price, Stephen Travis Bannerman, Kirsten Viering, Edvardas Narevicius, Mark G. Raizen

Published Mar 6, 2008• 80 citations

Abstract

We report the cooling of an atomic ensemble with light, where each atom scatters only a single photon on average. This is a general method that does not require a cycling transition and can be applied to atoms or molecules that are magnetically trapped. We discuss the application of this new approach to the cooling of hydrogenic atoms for the purpose of precision spectroscopy and fundamental tests.

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.100.093004

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