• DocumentCode
    500323
  • Title

    Optical cavity cooling of a large ensemble of molecules

  • Author

    Zhao, Yongkai ; Lu, Weiping ; Barker, P.F. ; Dong, Guangjiong

  • Author_Institution
    Phys., Sch. of Eng. & Phys. Sci., Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We study optical cooling of a large ensemble of particles. We derive a new scaling law with respect to particle number and show a high density molecular cloud are cooled from 10 mK to 700 muK.
  • Keywords
    laser cooling; scaling phenomena; high density molecular cloud; molecule ensemble; optical cavity cooling; particle ensemble; particle number; scaling law; Astronomy; Atom optics; Atomic beams; Clouds; Cooling; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Physics; Potential well; Temperature; 020.3320; 020.7010;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5225711