2011/06/30 by Markus Kowalewski, Giovanna Morigi, Pepijn W. H. Pinkse +2 · 11 citations
Chemistry · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies #Atomic physics #Chemistry #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Doppler cooling #Excited state #Fabry–Pérot interferometer #Finesse #Infrared #Laser #Laser cooling #Materials science #Microwave #Molecule #Optical cavity #Optics #Physics #Quantum mechanics #Resolved sideband cooling #Resonator #Rotational–vibrational spectroscopy #Sideband #Spectroscopy and Laser Applications #Trapping #physics.chem-ph #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreva.84.033408
published in Physical Review A 84(3) (American Physical Society)
arxiv created 2011/08/05 · openalex publication_date 2011/09/12 · arxiv updated 2011/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The efficiency of cavity sideband cooling of trapped molecules is theoretically investigated for the case in which the infrared transition between two rovibrational states is used as a cycling transition. The molecules are assumed to be trapped either by a radiofrequency or optical trapping potential, depending on whether they are charged or neutral, and confined inside a high-finesse optical resonator that enhances radiative emission into the cavity mode. Using realistic experimental parameters and COS as a representative molecular example, we show that in this setup, cooling to the trap ground state is feasible.