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Radiation-Pressure Cooling of Bound Resonant Absorbers

D. J. Wineland, R. E. Drullinger, and F. L. Walls
Phys. Rev. Lett. 40, 1639 – Published 19 June 1978
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Abstract

We report the first observation of radiation-pressure cooling on a system of resonant absorbers which are elastically bound to a laboratory fixed apparatus. Mg ii ions confined in a Penning electromagnetic trap are cooled to <40 K by irradiating them with the 8-μW output of a frequency doubled, single- mode dye laser tuned to the low- frequency side of the Doppler profile on the S122P322 (MJ=+12MJ=+32 or MJ=12MJ=32) transitions. Cooling to approximately 103 K should be possible.

  • Received 26 April 1978

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.40.1639

©1978 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

D. J. Wineland, R. E. Drullinger, and F. L. Walls

  • Time and Frequency Division, National Bureau of Standards, Boulder, Colorado 80303

See Also

Landmarks: Laser Cooling of Atoms

Jason Socrates Bardi
Phys. Rev. Focus 21, 11 (2008)

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Vol. 40, Iss. 25 — 19 June 1978

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