English

A buffer gas beam source for short, intense and slow molecular pulses

Atomic Physics 2018-02-14 v1

Abstract

Experiments with cold molecules usually begin with a molecular source. We describe the construction and characteristics of a cryogenic buffer gas source of CaF molecules. The source emits pulses with a typical duration of 240 μ\mus, a mean speed of about 150 m/s, and a flux of 5×10105\times 10^{10} molecules per steradian per pulse in a single rotational state.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1707.06291,
  title  = {A buffer gas beam source for short, intense and slow molecular pulses},
  author = {S. Truppe and M. Hambach and S. M. Skoff and N. E. Bulleid and J. S. Bumby and R. J. Hendricks and E. A. Hinds and B. E. Sauer and M. R. Tarbutt},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.06291},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

13 pages, 5 figures

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