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Phys. Rev. A 67, 041403 (2003) [4 pages]

Laser cooling of a trapped two-component Fermi gas

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Z. Idziaszek1,2, L. Santos1, M. Baranov1,3, and M. Lewenstein1
1Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
2Centrum Fizyki Teoretycznej, Polska Akademia Nauk, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland
3Russian Research Center, Kurchatov Institute, Kurchatov Square, 123182 Moscow, Russia

Rapid Communication Received 8 January 2003; published 25 April 2003

We study the collective Raman cooling of a trapped two-component Fermi gas using quantum master equation in the festina lente regime, where the heating due to photon reabsorption can be neglected. The Monte Carlo simulations show that three-dimensional temperatures of the order of 0.008TF can be achieved. We analyze the heating related to background losses, and show that our laser-cooling scheme can maintain the temperature of the gas without significant additional losses.


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URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.67.041403
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.67.041403
PACS: 32.80.Pj, 03.75.Ss, 42.50.Vk

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