The phase transition of an ion beam into its crystalline state has long been expected to dramatically influence beam dynamics beyond the limitations of standard accelerator physics. Yet, although considerable improvement in beam cooling techniques has been made, strong heating mechanisms inherent to existing high-energy storage rings have prohibited the formation of the crystalline state in the...

Microscopically controlled neutral atoms in optical tweezers and lattices have led to exciting advances in the study of quantum information and quantum many-body systems. The light shifts of atomic levels from the trapping potential in these systems can result in detrimental effects such as fluctuating dipole force heating, inhomogeneous detunings, and inhibition of laser cooling, which limits ...

Over the past decade, tremendous progress has been made to extend tools of laser cooling and trapping molecules. Those same have recently applied polyatomic molecules (molecules containing three or more atoms). In this review, we discuss scientific drive bring larger ultralow temperatures, features molecular structure that provide most promising for pursuit, some technical aspects how lasers ca...

The material metrics for optimal laser cooling of ion-doped solids are derived using atomic and molecular dynamics properties of the constituents. The anti-Stokes process is modeled as an optical phonon coupling of the bound electron, followed by a photon absorption. The transition dipole moment is estimated using a simplified charge-displacement model and the Judd–Ofelt theory of rare-earth io...

We present a detailed study of the mode structure of inverse opal photonic crystal materials with an emphasis on their potential use in optical trapping and cooling. In particular, we analyze the modes corresponding to the upper and lower band edges of a high refractive index inverse opal, i.e., the so-called ;;air' and ;;dielectric' bands. In the dielectric band, we demonstrate optical intensi...

We investigate theoretically the mechanical effects of light on atoms trapped by an external potential, whose dipole transition couples to the mode of an optical resonator and is driven by a laser. We derive an analytical expression for the quantum center-of-mass dynamics, which is valid in presence of a tight external potential. This equation has broad validity and allows for a transparent int...