Rotranslational cavity cooling of dielectric rods and disks

Author(s)
Benjamin A. Stickler, Stefan Nimmrichter, Lukas Martinetz, Stefan Kuhn, Markus Arndt, Klaus Hornberger
Abstract

We study the interaction of dielectric rods and disks with the laser field of a high-finesse cavity. The quantum master equation for the coupled particle-cavity dynamics, including Rayleigh scattering, is derived for particle sizes comparable to the laser wavelength. We demonstrate that such anisotropic nanoparticles can be captured from free flight at velocities higher than those required to capture dielectric spheres of the same volume and that efficient rotranslational cavity cooling into the deep quantum regime is achievable.

Organisation(s)
Quantum Optics, Quantum Nanophysics and Quantum Information
External organisation(s)
Universität Duisburg-Essen, National University of Singapore (NUS)
Journal
Physical Review A
Volume
94
No. of pages
6
ISSN
1050-2947
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.94.033818
Publication date
09-2016
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103026 Quantum optics
Keywords
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/rotranslational-cavity-cooling-of-dielectric-rods-and-disks(d571726a-b736-4b28-a9cc-aabcd531f42f).html