Sub-Doppler (Sisyphus) cooling

Layer 1 — Physicsin the atomic-physics subtree

Polarization gradients + Stark shifts give T < T_D, limited only by recoil kT ~ ℏ²k²/m; 1997 Nobel (Cohen-Tannoudji, Phillips, Chu).

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