Title :
Laser cooling in a feedback-controlled optical shaker
Author :
Averbukh, I.Sh. ; Vilensky, M.Y. ; Prior, Yehiam
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Chem. Phys., Weizmann Inst. of Sci., Rehovot, Israel
Abstract :
Optical shaking with feedback is proposed as a new method for laser cooling of atoms and molecules to high phase-space density and without the loss of particles typical of evaporative cooling.
Keywords :
laser beams; laser cooling; laser feedback; radiation pressure; atom cooling; evaporative cooling; feedback-controlled optical shaker; laser cooling; molecule cooling; optical trapping; phase-space density; Atom lasers; Atom optics; Atomic beams; Charge carrier processes; Cooling; Laser beams; Laser feedback; Laser theory; Optical feedback; Optical variables control;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1548825
