Ooi, Chong Heng Raymond (2010) Laser cooling of molecules by zero-velocity selection and single spontaneous emission. Physical Review A, 82 (5). ISSN 2469-9926, DOI https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.82.053408.
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A laser-cooling scheme for molecules is presented based on repeated cycle of zero-velocity selection, deceleration, and irreversible accumulation. Although this scheme also employs a single spontaneous emission as in [Raymond Ooi, Marzlin, and Audretsch, Eur. Phys. J. D 22, 259 (2003)], in order to circumvent the difficulty of maintaining closed pumping cycles in molecules, there are two distinct features which make the cooling process of this scheme faster and more practical. First, the zero-velocity selection creates a narrow velocity-width population with zero mean velocity, such that no further deceleration (with many stimulated Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP) pulses) is required. Second, only two STIRAP processes are required to decelerate the remaining hot molecular ensemble to create a finite population around zero velocity for the next cycle. We present a setup to realize the cooling process in one dimension with trapping in the other two dimensions using a Stark barrel. Numerical estimates of the cooling parameters and simulations with density matrix equations using OH molecules show the applicability of the cooling scheme. For a gas at temperature T = 1 K, the estimated cooling time is only 2 ms, with phase-space density increased by about 30 times. The possibility of extension to three-dimensional cooling via thermalization is also discussed.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Additional Information: | Department of Physics, Faculty of Science Building, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Coherent population transfer; Stimulated raman-scattering; Neutral atoms; Vibrational levels; Electric-field; Photoassociation; Trap |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Department of Physics |
| Depositing User: | Miss Malisa Diana |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Jul 2013 07:22 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Oct 2019 07:23 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/7949 |
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