Cavity cooling of internal molecular motion
Morigi, Giovanna (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Física)
Pinkse, Pepijn W. H. (Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik)
Kowalewski, Markus (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
de Vivie-Riedle, Regina (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
American Physical Society

Data:	2007
Resum:	We predict that it is possible to cool rotational, vibrational, and translational degrees of freedom of molecules by coupling a molecular dipole transition to an optical cavity. The dynamics is numerically simulated for a realistic set of experimental parameters using OH molecules. The results show that the translational motion is cooled to a few μK and the internal state is prepared in one of the two ground states of the two decoupled rotational ladders in a few seconds. Shorter cooling times are expected for molecules with larger polarizability.
Drets:	Tots els drets reservats.
Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; Versió publicada
Publicat a:	Physical review letters, Vol. 99, Issue 7 (August 2007) , p. 73001, ISSN 1079-7114

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.073001

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