Abstract
We present a theoretical analysis of a novel scheme for optical cooling of particles that does not in principle require a closed optical transition. A tightly confined laser beam interacting with a trapped particle experiences a phase shift, which upon reflection from a mirror or resonant microstructure produces a time-delayed optical potential for the particle. This leads to a nonconservative force and friction. A quantum model of the system is presented and analyzed in the semiclassical limit.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1747-1753 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 9 |
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| Publication status | Published - 01 Sept 2010 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- General Materials Science
- Computational Mathematics
- General Chemistry