Candidate for Laser Cooling of a Negative Ion: High-Resolution Photoelectron Imaging of Th-

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.203002

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	Candidate for Laser Cooling of a Negative Ion: High-Resolution Photoelectron Imaging of Th-
	Tang, RL ; Si, R ; Fei, ZJ ; Fu, XX ; Lu, YZ ; Brage, T ; Liu, HT ; Chen, CY ; Ning, CG
刊名	PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
	2019
卷号	123 期号:20 页码:-
关键词	ELECTRON-AFFINITY TRANSITION QUANTUM ATOMS
ISSN号	0031-9007
DOI	10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.203002
文献子类	期刊论文
英文摘要	Laser cooling is a well-established technique for the creation of ensembles of ultracold neutral atoms or positive ions. This ability has opened many exciting new research fields over the past 40 years. However, no negatively charged ions have been directly laser cooled because a cycling transition is very rare in atomic anions. Efforts of more than a decade currently have La- as the most promising candidate. We report on experimental and theoretical studies supporting Th- as a new promising candidate for laser cooling. The measured and calculated electron affinities of Th are, respectively, 4901.35(48) cm(-1) and 4832 cm(-1), or 0.607 690(60) and 0.599 eV, almost a factor of 2 larger than the previous theoretical value of 0.368 eV. The ground state of Th- is determined to be 6d(3)7s(2) F-4(3/2)e rather than 6d(2)7s(2)7p (4)G(5/2)(o). The consequence of this is that there are several strong electric dipole transitions between the bound levels arising from configurations 6d(3)7s(2) and 6d(3)7s(2)7p in Th-. The potential laser-cooling transition is S-2(1/2)o <-> F-4(3/2)e with a wavelength of 2.6 mu m. The zero nuclear spin and hence lack of hyperfine structure in Th- reduces the potential complications in laser cooling as encountered in La(- )making Th- a new and exciting candidate for laser cooling.
语种	英语
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.sinap.ac.cn/handle/331007/31985]
专题	上海应用物理研究所_中科院上海应用物理研究所2011-2017年
作者单位	1.Collaborat Innovat Ctr Quantum Matter, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China 2.Lund Univ, Dept Phys, POB 118, S-22100 Lund, Sweden; 3.Tsinghua Univ, Dept Phys, State Key Lab Low Dimens Quantum Phys, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China; 4.Fudan Univ, Shanghai EBIT Lab, Key Lab Nucl Phys & Ion Beam Applicat MOE, Inst Modern Phys,Dept Nucl Sci & Technol, Shanghai 200433, Peoples R China; 5.Chinese Acad Sci, Shanghai Inst Appl Phys, Key Lab Interfacial Phys & Technol, Shanghai 201800, Peoples R China;
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Tang, RL,Si, R,Fei, ZJ,et al. Candidate for Laser Cooling of a Negative Ion: High-Resolution Photoelectron Imaging of Th-[J]. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS,2019,123(20):-.
APA	Tang, RL.,Si, R.,Fei, ZJ.,Fu, XX.,Lu, YZ.,...&Ning, CG.(2019).Candidate for Laser Cooling of a Negative Ion: High-Resolution Photoelectron Imaging of Th-.PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS,123(20),-.
MLA	Tang, RL,et al."Candidate for Laser Cooling of a Negative Ion: High-Resolution Photoelectron Imaging of Th-".PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 123.20(2019):-.