Multilevel Electromagnetically Induced Transparency Cooling

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Main Authors: Fouka, Katya, Shankar, Athreya, Tan, Ting Rei, Safavi-Naini, Arghavan
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Published: 2025
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author Fouka, Katya
Shankar, Athreya
Tan, Ting Rei
Safavi-Naini, Arghavan
author_facet Fouka, Katya
Shankar, Athreya
Tan, Ting Rei
Safavi-Naini, Arghavan
contents Electromagnetically Induced Transparency (EIT) cooling is a well-established method for preparing trapped ion systems in their motional ground state. However, isolating a three-level system, as required for EIT cooling, is often challenging or impractical. Nonetheless, multilevel systems can inherently host dark states. In this work, we extend the EIT cooling framework to such multilevel systems. We develop a formalism to accurately determine the cooling rate in the weak sideband coupling regime and provide an approximate estimate for cooling rates beyond this regime, without the need for explicit simulation of the motional degree of freedom. We clarify the connection between the cooling rate and the absorption spectrum, offering a pathway for efficient near-ground-state cooling of ions with complex electronic structures.
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spellingShingle Multilevel Electromagnetically Induced Transparency Cooling
Fouka, Katya
Shankar, Athreya
Tan, Ting Rei
Safavi-Naini, Arghavan
Atomic Physics
Quantum Physics
Electromagnetically Induced Transparency (EIT) cooling is a well-established method for preparing trapped ion systems in their motional ground state. However, isolating a three-level system, as required for EIT cooling, is often challenging or impractical. Nonetheless, multilevel systems can inherently host dark states. In this work, we extend the EIT cooling framework to such multilevel systems. We develop a formalism to accurately determine the cooling rate in the weak sideband coupling regime and provide an approximate estimate for cooling rates beyond this regime, without the need for explicit simulation of the motional degree of freedom. We clarify the connection between the cooling rate and the absorption spectrum, offering a pathway for efficient near-ground-state cooling of ions with complex electronic structures.
title Multilevel Electromagnetically Induced Transparency Cooling
topic Atomic Physics
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.14546