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Cooling to the Ground State of Axial Motion for One Atom Strongly Coupled to an Optical Cavity

Boozer, A. D. and Boca, A. and Miller, R. and Northup, T. E. and Kimble, H. J. (2006) Cooling to the Ground State of Axial Motion for One Atom Strongly Coupled to an Optical Cavity. Physical Review Letters, 97 (8). Art. No. 083602. ISSN 0031-9007. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.083602. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:BOOprl06

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Abstract

Localization to the ground state of axial motion is demonstrated for a single, trapped atom strongly coupled to the field of a high finesse optical resonator. The axial atomic motion is cooled by way of coherent Raman transitions on the red vibrational sideband. An efficient state detection scheme enabled by strong coupling in cavity QED is used to record the Raman spectrum, from which the state of atomic motion is inferred. We find that the lowest vibrational level of the axial potential with zero-point energy ℏω_a/2k_B = 13  μK is occupied with probability P₀ ≃ 0.95.


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Additional Information:© 2006 The American Physical Society. (Received 11 June 2006; published 23 August 2006) This research is supported by the NSF and by the DTO of the DNI.
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Subject Keywords:BEAM DEFLECTION; CESIUM ATOMS; SINGLE ATOMS; QUANTUM; DYNAMICS; LIGHT; FIELD; EMISSION; LATTICE
Issue or Number:8
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.083602
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Deposited On:18 Sep 2006
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