Novel optical cooling methods for atoms and molecules
Novel optical cooling methods for atoms and molecules
Established optical cooling methods, employed in such traps as magneto-optical traps and optical molasses, work by means of a closed optical transition involving the absorption and spontaneous emission of large numbers of photons by each atom. This technique, therefore, cannot be extended to species-such as molecules-which, in general, do not have closed optical transitions. Finally, the lack of any requirement for having a closed optical transition implies that this method for cooling atoms may also be applicable to cooling molecules.
Xuereb, A.
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Bateman, J.E.
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Freegarde, T.G.M.
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Horak, P.
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August 2008
Xuereb, A.
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Bateman, J.E.
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Freegarde, T.G.M.
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Horak, P.
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Xuereb, A., Bateman, J.E., Freegarde, T.G.M. and Horak, P.
(2008)
Novel optical cooling methods for atoms and molecules.
Photon 08, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
26 - 29 Aug 2008.
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Established optical cooling methods, employed in such traps as magneto-optical traps and optical molasses, work by means of a closed optical transition involving the absorption and spontaneous emission of large numbers of photons by each atom. This technique, therefore, cannot be extended to species-such as molecules-which, in general, do not have closed optical transitions. Finally, the lack of any requirement for having a closed optical transition implies that this method for cooling atoms may also be applicable to cooling molecules.
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Photon 08, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2008-08-26 - 2008-08-29
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