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Motion-selective coherent population trapping by Raman sideband cooling along two paths in a Λ configuration

Authors
Park, S.Seo, M.H.Kim, R.A.Cho, D.
Issue Date
Aug-2022
Publisher
American Physical Society
Citation
Physical Review A, v.106, no.2
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Journal Title
Physical Review A
Volume
106
Number
2
URI
https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/144157
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevA.106.023323
ISSN
2469-9926
2469-9934
Abstract
We report our experiment on sideband cooling with two Raman transitions in a Λ configuration that allows selective coherent population trapping (CPT) of the low-lying motional states. The cooling method is applied to Rb87 atoms in a circularly polarized one-dimensional optical lattice. Owing to the vector polarizability, the vibration frequency of a trapped atom depends on its Zeeman quantum number and the CPT resonance for a pair of bound states in the Λ configuration depends on their vibrational quantum numbers. We call this scheme motion-selective coherent population trapping (MSCPT) and it is a trapped-atom analog of the velocity-selective CPT developed for free He atoms. We observe a pronounced dip in temperature near a detuning for the Raman beams to satisfy the CPT resonance condition for the motional ground state. Although the lowest temperature we obtain is ten times the recoil limit owing to the heat load from motion along an axis, which is left uncooled, and the large Lamb-Dicke parameter of 2.3 in our apparatus, the experiment demonstrates that MSCPT enhances the effectiveness of Raman sideband cooling and enlarges the range of its application. Discussions of design parameters optimized for MSCPT on Rb87 atoms and opportunities provided by diatomic polar molecules, whose Stark shift shows a strong dependence on the rotational quantum number, are included. © 2022 American Physical Society.
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