Deceleration of molecules in a supersonic beam by the optical field in a low-finesse cavity
arXiv:1410.4699 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.81.013419
Abstract
We study the dynamics of a supersonic molecular beam in a low-finesse optical cavity and demonstrate that most molecules in the beam can be decelerated to zero central velocity by the intracavity optical field in a process analogous to electrostatic Stark deceleration. We show that the rapid switching of the optical field for slowing the molecules is automatically generated by the cavity-induced dynamics. We further show that of the molecules can be optically trapped at a few millikelvin in the same cavity.
arXiv comment6 pages, 6 figures
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