Efficient loading and cooling in a dynamic optical evanescent-wave microtrap
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- 2 February 2001
Abstract
We calculate the loading efficiency and cooling rates in a bichromatic optical microtrap, where the optical potentials are generated by evanescent waves of cavity fields at a dielectric-vacuum interface. The cavity modified nonconservative dynamic light forces lead to efficient loading of the atoms as well as cooling without the need for spontaneous emission. Steady-state temperatures well below the trap depth, reaching the motional quantum regime, yield very long capturing times for a neutral atom.Keywords
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- Version 1, 2001-02-02, ArXiv
- Published version: Europhysics Letters, 54 (3), 306.
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