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Optical Cooling Using the Dipole Force

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  • © 2012

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Authors:
  1. André Xuereb

    1. , School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

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  • Proposes new mechanisms for cavity-mediated optical cooling
  • Applications extend from the nanoscale to metre-sized mirrors
  • Nominated as an outstanding contribution by the University of Southampton

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

    • AndrĂ© Xuereb
    Pages 1-5

  3. Atomic Physics Theory and Cooling Methods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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  4. Atomic Physics Theory & Cooling Methods

    1. Atom–Field Interactions

      • AndrĂ© Xuereb
      Pages 9-32

    2. Trapping and Cooling Atoms

      • AndrĂ© Xuereb
      Pages 33-67

  5. Scattering Models and Their Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
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  6. Scattering Models & Their Applications

    1. The transfer matrix model

      • AndrĂ© Xuereb
      Pages 71-113

    2. Applications of Transfer Matrices

      • AndrĂ© Xuereb
      Pages 115-135

    3. Three-Dimensional Scattering with an Optical Memory

      • AndrĂ© Xuereb
      Pages 137-141

  7. Experimental Work

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143
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    2. Experimental setup

      • AndrĂ© Xuereb
      Pages 145-157

    3. A Guide for Future Experiments

      • AndrĂ© Xuereb
      Pages 159-177

    4. Conclusions and Outlook

      • AndrĂ© Xuereb
      Pages 179-181

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 183-187
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This thesis unifies the dissipative dynamics of an atom, particle or structure within an optical field that is influenced by the position of the atom, particle or structure itself. This allows the identification and exploration of the fundamental ‘mirror-mediated’ mechanisms of cavity-mediated cooling leading to the proposal of a range of new techniques based upon the same underlying principles. It also reveals powerful mechanisms for the enhancement of the radiation force cooling of micromechanical systems, using both active gain and the resonance of a cavity to which the cooled species are external. This work has implications for the cooling not only of weakly-scattering individual atoms, ions and molecules, but also for highly reflective optomechanical structures ranging from nanometre-scale cantilevers to the metre-sized mirrors of massive interferometers.

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  • , School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

    André Xuereb

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