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Cavity cooling of free silicon nanoparticles in high vacuum

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  • Peter Asenbaum

    (Faculty of Physics, VCQ, University of Vienna)

  • Stefan Kuhn

    (Faculty of Physics, VCQ, University of Vienna)

  • Stefan Nimmrichter

    (Faculty of Physics, VCQ, University of Vienna)

  • Ugur Sezer

    (Faculty of Physics, VCQ, University of Vienna)

  • Markus Arndt

    (Faculty of Physics, VCQ, University of Vienna)

Abstract

Laser cooling has given a boost to atomic physics throughout the last 30 years, as it allows one to prepare atoms in motional states, which can only be described by quantum mechanics. Most methods rely, however, on a near-resonant and cyclic coupling between laser light and well-defined internal states, which has remained a challenge for mesoscopic particles. An external cavity may compensate for the lack of internal cycling transitions in dielectric objects and it may provide assistance in the cooling of their centre-of-mass state. Here we demonstrate cavity cooling of the transverse kinetic energy of silicon nanoparticles freely propagating in high vacuum (

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  • Peter Asenbaum & Stefan Kuhn & Stefan Nimmrichter & Ugur Sezer & Markus Arndt, 2013. "Cavity cooling of free silicon nanoparticles in high vacuum," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 4(1), pages 1-7, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:4:y:2013:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms3743
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3743
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