Optical Cooling Using the Dipole Force

André Xuereb (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XVI, 188 Seiten

2014 | 2012
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-44086-1 (ISBN)

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This thesis unifies the dissipative dynamics of an atom, particle or structure within an optical field that is influenced by the position of the atom, particle or structure itself. This allows the identification and exploration of the fundamental 'mirror-mediated' mechanisms of cavity-mediated cooling leading to the proposal of a range of new techniques based upon the same underlying principles. It also reveals powerful mechanisms for the enhancement of the radiation force cooling of micromechanical systems, using both active gain and the resonance of a cavity to which the cooled species are external. This work has implications for the cooling not only of weakly-scattering individual atoms, ions and molecules, but also for highly reflective optomechanical structures ranging from nanometre-scale cantilevers to the metre-sized mirrors of massive interferometers.

Atomic Physics Theory and Cooling Methods.- Atom Field Interactions.- Trapping and Cooling Atoms.- Scattering Models and Their Applications.- The Transfer Matrix Model.- Applications of Transfer Matrices.- Three-Dimensional Scattering with an Optical Memory.- Experimental Work.- Experimental Setup.- A Guide for Future Experiments.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	18.7.2014
Reihe/Serie	Springer Theses
Zusatzinfo	XVI, 188 p.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	320 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Atom- / Kern- / Molekularphysik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Optik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Thermodynamik
Schlagworte	Cavity Cooling • Cavity-Mediated Cooling • Cooling with a Memory • Dipole Force • dissipative dynamics • laser cooling • Optical Cooling • Optomechanical Systems
ISBN-10	3-642-44086-X / 364244086X
ISBN-13	978-3-642-44086-1 / 9783642440861
Zustand	Neuware