Various aspects of the laser cooling of atoms are investigated theoretically. More generally, the authors investigate a process through which the kinetic energy of a collection of resonant absorbers can be reduced by irradiating these absorbers with near-resonant electromagnetic radiation. The process is described here as anti-Stokes spontaneous Raman scattering. Cooling mechanisms, rates, and limits are discussed for both free and bound atoms. © 1979 The American Physical Society.
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Wineland, D. J., & Itano, W. M. (1979). Laser cooling of atoms. Physical Review A, 20(4), 1521–1540. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.20.1521
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