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Deceleration of neutral molecules in macroscopic traveling traps
2010
A decelerator is presented where polar neutral molecules are guided and decelerated using the principle of traveling electric potential wells, such that molecules are confined in stable three-dimensional traps throughout. We compare this decelerator with that of Scharfenberg et al. [Phys. Rev. A 79, 023410 (2009)] and we show that the current decelerator provides a substantially larger phase-space acceptance, even at higher acceleration. The mode of operation is described and experimentally demonstrated by guiding and decelerating CO molecules.
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research article
Web of Science ID
WOS:000278140000006
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Publication date
2010
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Volume
81
Issue
5
Article Number
051401
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Peer reviewed
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April 1, 2010
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