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Comparative analysis of recirculating and collimating cesium ovens
Raphaël Hahn, Thomas Battard, Oscar Boucher +8
We have performed a study of several cesium oven designs. A comparison between recirculating (or sticking-wall) or collimating (or reemitting-wall) ovens is made in order to extrac…
Determining a vibrational distribution with a broadband optical source
T. Courageux, A. Cournol, D. Comparat +2
This work presents an experimental protocol conceived to determine the vibrational distribution of barium monofluoride molecules seeded in a supersonic beam of argon. Here, as in m…
Phase space density limitation in laser cooling without spontaneous emission
Thierry Chanelière, Daniel Comparat, Hans Lignier
We study the possibility to enhance the phase space density of non-interacting particles submitted to a classical laser field without spontaneous emission. We clearly state that, w…
Rovibrational optical cooling of a molecular beam
A. Cournol, P. Pillet, H. Lignier +1
Cooling the rotation and the vibration of molecules by broadband light sources was possible for trapped molecular ions or ultracold molecules. Because of a low power spectral densi…
Bichromatic magneto-optical trapping for configurations
Anne Cournol, Pierre Pillet, Hans Lignier +1
A magneto-optical trap (MOT) of atoms or molecules is studied when two lasers of different detunings and polarization are used. Especially for transitions, a s…
Laser cooling of rotation and vibration by optical pumping
I. Manai, R. Horchani, M. Hamamda +5
We have recently demonstrated that optical pumping methods combined with photoassociation of ultra-cold atoms can produce ultra-cold and dense samples of molecules in their absolut…