Abstract

We demonstrate 3D microwave projection sideband cooling of trapped, neutral atoms. The technique employs state-dependent potentials that enable microwave photons to drive vibration-number reducing transitions. The particular cooling sequence we employ uses minimal spontaneous emission, and works even for relatively weakly bound atoms. We cool 76% of atoms to their 3D vibrational ground states in a site-resolvable 3D optical lattice.

Publication Details
Publication Type
Journal Article
Year of Publication
2012
Volume
108
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.103001
Journal
Physical Review Letters
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