Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 4974–4977 (1997)Cavity-Induced Atom Cooling in the Strong Coupling RegimeReceived 11 August 1997; published in the issue dated 22 December 1997 We investigate the possibility of all optical trapping and cooling a single atom at the antinodes of a high Q optical cavity mode to which the atom is strongly coupled. For properly chosen parameters the dynamics of the cavity field introduces a novel Sisyphus type cooling mechanism yielding final temperatures much below the Doppler limit and allowing for long trapping times, avoiding the problems induced by spontaneous emission. © 1997 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.4974
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.4974
PACS:
32.80.Pj, 42.50.Lc, 42.50.Vk
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