Laser Cooling with Ultrafast Pulse Trains

Abstract

The work focused on investigating technology development on a novel laser-cooling technique that uses femtosecond lasers to extend the range of ultracold atomic species. It also made significant advances toward a proof-of-principle laser cooling experiment in the ion trap and in construction of the apparatus for laser cooling of hydrogen. We have published a journal article describing the cooling technique [D. Kielpinski, "Laser cooling of atoms and molecules with ultrafast pulses," Phys. Rev. A 73, 063407 (2006)].

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 17, 2007
Accession Number
ADA473128

Entities

People

  • Dave Kielpinski

Organizations

  • Griffith University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Construction
  • Cooling
  • Elements
  • Femtosecond Lasers
  • Femtosecond Time
  • Frequency
  • Hydrogen
  • Ion Traps
  • Laser Applications
  • Laser Cooling
  • Laser Diodes
  • Lasers
  • Light (Electromagnetic Radiation)
  • Light Sources
  • Optical Fiber Lasers
  • Spectroscopy

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy