Slowing of supersonically cooled atoms and molecules by time-varying nonresonant induced dipole forces
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- 14 January 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 61 (2) , 025403
Abstract
We describe a versatile method for slowing molecules (or atoms) which relies on high-field-seeking states created by the polarizability interaction with a nonresonant laser field. A pulsed supersonic beam expansion is employed to precool the molecules internally and to narrow their velocity spread. The molecules are scooped at right angles by a nonresonant laser beam steered by a scanner and decelerated on a circular path by gradually reducing the beam’s angular speed.Keywords
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