Coherent Quantum Engineering of Free-Space Laser Cooling

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2006-10-30

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0610272v1

Physics

Atomic Physics

5 pages, 3 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.76.011401

We perform a quantitative analysis of the cooling dynamics of three-level atomic systems interacting with two distinct lasers. Employing sparse-matrix techniques, we find numerical solutions to the fully quantized master equation in steady state. Our method allows straightforward determination of laser-cooling temperatures without the ambiguity often accompanied by semiclassical calculations, and more quickly than non-sparse techniques. Our calculations allow us to develop an understanding of the regimes of cooling, as well as a qualitative picture of the mechanism, related to the phenomenon of electromagnetically induced transparency. Effects of the induced asymmetric Fano-type lineshapes affect the detunings required for optimum cooling, as well as the predicted minimum temperatures which can be lower than the Doppler limit for either transition.

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