Physics – Quantum Physics
Scientific paper
2002-04-30
Physics
Quantum Physics
Scientific paper
Cavity-mediated cooling of the center--of--mass motion of a transversally, coherently pumped atom along the axis of a high--Q cavity is studied. The internal dynamics of the atomic dipole strongly coupled to the cavity field is treated by a non-perturbative quantum mechanical model, while the effect of the cavity on the external motion is described classically in terms of the analytically obtained linear friction and diffusion coefficients. Efficient cavity-induced damping is found which leads to steady-state temperatures well-below the Doppler limit. We reveal a mathematical symmetry between the results here and for a similar system where, instead of the atom, the cavity field is pumped. The cooling process is strongly enhanced in a degenerate multimode cavity. Both the temperature and the number of scattered photons during the characteristic cooling time exhibits a significant reduction with increasing number of modes involved in the dynamics. The residual number of spontaneous emissions in a cooling time for large mode degeneracy can reach and even drop below the limit of a single photon.
Domokos Peter
Ritsch Helmut
Salzburger Thomas
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