Laser cooling of transition-metal atoms
Scott Eustice, Kayleigh Cassella, Dan Stamper-Kurn
Abstract
The authors propose the laser cooling scheme for eleven transition-metal atoms, including both bosonic and fermionic species. A number of cycling optical transitions from the ground state or from a long-lived metastable state to the excited states are identified for the cooling scheme.
Topics & Concepts
Atomic physicsScandiumMetastabilityLaser coolingAtom (system on chip)Transition metalElectronAngular momentumLaserMaterials scienceChemistryPhysicsInorganic chemistryOpticsBiochemistryEmbedded systemComputer scienceQuantum mechanicsCatalysisOrganic chemistryCold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein CondensatesAdvanced Frequency and Time StandardsQuantum, superfluid, helium dynamics