https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2011-20026-3
Regular Article
Cavity cooling of atoms: within and without a cavity
1
Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik
(Albert-Einstein-Institut) and Leibniz Universität Hannover,
Callinstraße 38,
30167
Hannover,
Germany
2
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton,
Southampton
SO17 1BJ,
UK
3
Research Institute of Solid State Physics and
Optics, 1525
Budapest
PO Box 49,
Hungary
4
Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton,
Southampton
SO17 1BJ,
UK
a
e-mail: andre.xuereb@gmail.com
Received:
14
January
2011
Received in final form:
9
March
2011
Published online:
17
May
2011
We compare the efficiencies of two optical cooling schemes, where a single particle is either inside or outside an optical cavity, under experimentally-realisable conditions. We evaluate the cooling forces using the general solution of a transfer matrix method for a moving scatterer inside a general one-dimensional system composed of immobile optical elements. Assuming the same atomic saturation parameter, we find that the two cooling schemes provide cooling forces and equilibrium temperatures of comparable magnitude.
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica and Springer-Verlag 2011
