Cooling in reduced period optical lattices: Non-zero Raman detuning
Abstract
In a previous paper [Phys. Rev. A 72 (2005) 033415], it was shown that sub-Doppler cooling occurs in a standing-wave Raman scheme (SWRS) that can lead to reduced period optical lattices. These calculations are extended to allow for non-zero detuning of the Raman transitions. New physical phenomena are encountered, including cooling to non-zero velocities, combinations of Sisyphus and "corkscrew" polarization cooling, and somewhat unusual origins of the friction force. The calculations are carried out in a semi-classical approximation and a dressed state picture is introduced to aid in the interpretation of the results.
- Publication:
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Optics Communications
- Pub Date:
- August 2006
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:physics/0605052
- Bibcode:
- 2006OptCo.264..299M
- Keywords:
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- 32.80.Pj;
- 32.80.Lg;
- 32.80.-t;
- Optical cooling of atoms;
- trapping;
- Mechanical effects of light on atoms molecules and ions;
- Photon interactions with atoms;
- Physics - Atomic Physics;
- Physics - General Physics