Abstract
Quench cooling is a promising technique to reach ultra-cold temperatures in alkaline-earth atoms by Doppler cooling on ultra-narrow transitions. The principles of quench cooling are derived from an effective two-level system with a linewidth adjustable by the quenching laser. A tunable linewidth reconciles the contradictory requirements of a fast cooling rate and a high velocity selectivity at high and low temperatures, respectively. In this paper, we investigate the efficiency of quench cooling in alkaline-earth systems. We present a one-dimensional analytical description of the quenching process. Cooling and trapping in three dimensions is studied with semi-classical Monte Carlo simulations. Our results for magnesium indicate a loading efficiency of up to 40% of pre-cooled atoms at 2 mK into a QuenchMOT. Final temperatures of 9µK and an increase in phase-space density by almost five orders of magnitude are observed in the simulations.
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