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Physical Review A

Second-sideband laser cooling and nonclassical motion of trapped ions

R. L. de Matos Filho, W. Vogel

Published Sep 1, 1994• 34 citations
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Abstract

Laser sideband cooling of trapped ions is studied in a standing wave for localization conditions far from the Lamb-Dicke limit. Cooling is shown to be possible even in the antinode of a standing wave, where in the Lamb-Dicke limit only heating appears. Tuning the laser to the second-sideband increases the cooling effect significantly. Moreover, second-sideband cooling is expected to yield a nonclassical, sub-Poissonian occupation statistics of the vibrational states of the ion.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.50.r1988

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