Curtis, Elizabeth Anne

Quenched narrow-line laser cooling of ⁴⁰Ca with application to an optical clock based on ultracold neutral Ca atoms

• Full Thesis



• Abstract, Acknowledgments, and Table of Contents
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Cooling alkaline-earth atoms
• Chapter 3. Theoretical discussion of quenched narrow-line laser cooling
• Chapter 4. The ⁴⁰Ca experimental apparatusm
• Chapter 5. The quenched narrow-line laser cooling experiments
• Chapter 6. Optical frequency metrology with millikelvin ⁴⁰Ca atoms
• Chapter 7. Two- and four-pulse Ramsey spectroscopy and prospects for improved optical frequency metrology with microkelvin ⁴⁰Ca atoms
• Chapter 8. Conclusions
• Bibliography
• Appendix A. Monte Carlo simulation Matlab code
• Appendix B. Saturation intensity and Rabi oscillation frequency
• Appendix C. Relevant transitions in ⁴⁰Ca for AC-stark shift due to blackbody radiation
• Appendix D. Reaching the Doppler limit: Broadline cooling of ⁴⁰Ca atoms