Laser cooling of ions stored in harmonic and Penning traps
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 25 (1), 35-54
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.25.35
Abstract
Laser (light-pressure) cooling of two-level ions stored in a Penning trap is treated theoretically, in the limit that the frequencies of motion of the ions are much smaller than the natural linewidth of the optical transition. Rate equations for the mean-squared amplitudes of motion are derived from a semiclassical analysis, which is confirmed by quantum-mechanical perturbation theory. Simultaneous cooling of all three modes of motion is shown to require a spatially nonuniform laser-beam profile, unlike the case of the harmonic trap. Comparison is made with recent experiments. Also, the three-dimensional harmonic trap is treated by two simple methods. One is based on the energy rate equations and the other on Langevin-type equations. Identical results are obtained by the two methods for the steady-state energies. These results are compared with the works of others.Keywords
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