The problem of deep laser cooling of 24 Mg atoms is theoretically studied. We propose two-stage sub-Doppler cooling strategy using electro-dipole transition 3 3 P2→3 3 D3 (λ = 383.9 nm). The first stage implies exploiting magneto-optical trap with σ + and σ − light beams, while the second one uses a lin⊥lin molasses. We focus on achieving large number of ultracold atoms (T ef f <10 µK) in a cold atomic cloud. The calculations have been done out of many widely used approximations and based on quantum treatment with taking full account of recoil effect. Steady-state average kinetic energies and linear momentum distributions of cold atoms are analyzed for various light field intensities and frequency detunings. The results of conducted quantum analysis have revealed noticeable differences from results of semiclassical approach based on the Fokker-Planck equation. At certain conditions the second cooling stage can provide sufficiently lower kinetic energies of atomic cloud as well as increased fraction of ultracold atoms than the first one. We hope that the obtained results can assist overcoming current experimental problems in deep cooling of 24 Mg atoms by means of laser fields. Cold magnesium atoms, being cooled in large number down to several µK, have certain interest, for example, in quantum metrology.
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