Abstract
The efficiency of cavity sideband cooling of trapped molecules is theoretically investigated for the case in which the infrared transition between two rovibrational states is used as a cycling transition. The molecules are assumed to be trapped either by a radiofrequency or optical trapping potential, depending on whether they are charged or neutral, and confined inside a high-finesse optical resonator that enhances radiative emission into the cavity mode. Using realistic experimental parameters and COS as a representative molecular example, we show that in this setup, cooling to the trap ground state is feasible. © 2011 American Physical Society.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 033408 |
| Journal | Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - 12 Sep 2011 |