Laser Cooling With Ultrafast Pulse Trains

Abstract

We have made significant progress toward a demonstration of mode-locked laser cooling using trapped Yb+ ions. We have constructed a Yb+ ion trap system and successfully trapped and laser-cooled clouds of Yb+ ions. We have also constructed and frequency-stabilized a high-repetition-rate mode-locked laser appropriate for demonstrating the cooling technique. We searched for the two-photon transition.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2005
Accession Number
ADA442315

Entities

People

  • D. Kielpinski
  • F. X. Kaertner

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Carrier Frequencies
  • Cooling
  • Detection
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Combs
  • Ion Traps
  • Laser Applications
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Cooling
  • Laser Diodes
  • Laser Resonators
  • Lasers
  • Light (Electromagnetic Radiation)
  • Repetition Rate
  • Scattering
  • Spectra
  • Transitions

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy