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Millikelvin Cooling of an Optically Trapped Microsphere in Vacuum

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Chapter 6 presents different approaches to cool the center-of-mass motion of an optically trapped microsphere in vacuum, and the results of 3D optical feedback cooling. We also discuss the trapping lifetime of optically trapped microspheres in vacuum.

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Li, T. (2013). Millikelvin Cooling of an Optically Trapped Microsphere in Vacuum. In: Fundamental Tests of Physics with Optically Trapped Microspheres. Springer Theses. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6031-2_6

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