Raman Sideband Spectroscopy of Bosonic Potassium

Focusing on advanced experimental techniques in ultracold physics, this book details a Raman sideband cooling method tailored for imaging potassium-39 atoms. It explores the successful recording of the Raman sideband spectrum, revealing the capability to address bound and unbound Bloch states in an optical lattice. Additionally, it discusses an optical pumping scheme for rapid relaxation and introduces a power stabilization method using optical heterodyning, achieving stabilization within a 14 kHz bandwidth.