Cavity-assisted nondestructive laser cooling of atomic qubits

We analyse two configurations for laser cooling of neutral atoms whose internal states store qubits. The atoms are trapped in an optical lattice which is placed inside a cavity. We show that the coupling of the atoms to the damped cavity mode can provide a mechanism which leads to cooling of the mot...

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Auteurs principaux: Griessner, A, Jaksch, D, Zoller, P
Format: Journal article
Langue:English
Publié: 2004
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Résumé:We analyse two configurations for laser cooling of neutral atoms whose internal states store qubits. The atoms are trapped in an optical lattice which is placed inside a cavity. We show that the coupling of the atoms to the damped cavity mode can provide a mechanism which leads to cooling of the motion without destroying the quantum information.