Far-from-equilibrium noise-heating and laser-cooling dynamics in radio-frequency Paul traps
Far-from-equilibrium noise-heating and laser-cooling dynamics in radio-frequency Paul traps
We study the stochastic dynamics of a particle in a periodically driven potential. For atomic ions trapped in radio-frequency Paul traps, noise heating and laser cooling typically act slowly in comparison with the unperturbed motion. These stochastic processes can be accounted for in terms of a probability distribution defined over …