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Laser cooling of atoms

Physical review. A, General physics · 1979 · Vol. 20(4) · pp. 1521–1540

D. J. Wineland✉(National Institute of Standards and Technology)Wayne M. Itano(National Institute of Standards and Technology)

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Abstract

Various aspects of the laser cooling of atoms are investigated theoretically. More generally, the authors investigate a process through which the kinetic energy of a collection of resonant absorbers can be reduced by irradiating these absorbers with near-resonant electromagnetic radiation. The process is described here as anti-Stokes spontaneous Raman scattering. Cooling mechanisms, rates, and limits are discussed for both free and bound atoms.

Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir EffectLaser coolingAtomic physicsLaserRaman scatteringKinetic energyRaman coolingElectromagnetic radiationRadiationMaterials scienceScattering

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