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Dynamical Backaction Cooling with Free Electrons
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Submitted 3 Nov 2014
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The authors' main claim In this work, we experimentally demonstrate the first self-induced coherent cooling mechanism that is not mediated by the electromagnetic field.
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The ability to cool single ions, atomic ensembles, and more recently macroscopic degrees of freedom down to the quantum groundstate has generated considerable progress and perspectives in Basic and Technological Science. These major advances have been essentially obtained by coupling mechanical motion to a resonant electromagnetic degree of freedom in what is generally known as laser cooling. In this work, we experimentally demonstrate the first self-induced coherent cooling mechanism that is not mediated by the electromagnetic field. Using a focused electron beam, we report a 50-fold reduction of the motional temperature of a nanowire. Our result primarily relies on the sub-nanometer confinement of the electron beam and generalizes to any delayed and topologically confined interaction, with important consequences for near-field microscopy and fundamental nanoscale dissipation mechanisms.
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| s0 | The ability to cool single ions, atomic ensembles, and more recently macroscopic degrees of freedom down to the quantum groundstate has generated considerable progress and perspectives in Basic and Technological Science. | background 1.00 | 0.04 | 0.02 | asserted 1.00 |
| s1 | These major advances have been essentially obtained by coupling mechanical motion to a resonant electromagnetic degree of freedom in what is generally known as laser cooling. | background 1.00 | 0.05 | 0.03 | asserted 1.00 |
| s2 | In this work, we experimentally demonstrate the first self-induced coherent cooling mechanism that is not mediated by the electromagnetic field. | contribution 0.99 | 0.96 | 0.66 | asserted 1.00 |
| s3 | Using a focused electron beam, we report a 50-fold reduction of the motional temperature of a nanowire. | result 1.00 | 0.97 | 0.62 | asserted 1.00 |
| s4 | Our result primarily relies on the sub-nanometer confinement of the electron beam and generalizes to any delayed and topologically confined interaction, with important consequences for near-field microscopy and fundamental nanoscale dissipation mechanisms. | interpretation 1.00 | 0.78 | 0.30 | asserted 0.99 |
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The ability to cool single ions, atomic ensembles, and more recently macroscopic degrees of freedom down to the quantum groundstate has generated considerable progress and perspectives in Basic and Technological Science. These major advances have been essentially obtained by coupling mechanical motion to a resonant electromagnetic degree of freedom in what is generally known as laser cooling. In this work, we experimentally demonstrate the first self-induced coherent cooling mechanism that is not mediated by the electromagnetic field. Using a focused electron beam, we report a 50-fold reduction of the motional temperature of a nanowire. Our result primarily relies on the sub-nanometer confinement of the electron beam and generalizes to any delayed and topologically confined interaction, with important consequences for near-field microscopy and fundamental nanoscale dissipation mechanisms.
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