Polarization gradient cooling of a trapped ion
- 1 July 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 48 (1) , R30-R33
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.48.r30
Abstract
We discuss semiclassical polarization gradient cooling of a trapped ion with the transition scheme =1/2→=3/2 in the limits of small vibration amplitude and low light intensity. The minimum excitation energy of the ion reached by laser cooling is about one vibrational quantum above the zero-point energy.
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