Rotational cooling of molecules using lamps
Atomic Physics
2009-11-10 v2 Chemical Physics
Abstract
We investigate theoretically the application of tailored incoherent far-infrared fields in combination with laser excitation of a single rovibrational transition for rotational cooling of translationally cold polar diatomic molecules. The cooling schemes are effective on a timescale shorter than typical unperturbed trapping times in ion traps and comparable to obtainable confinement times of neutral molecules.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0406082,
title = {Rotational cooling of molecules using lamps},
author = {I. S. Vogelius and L. B. Madsen and M. Drewsen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0406082},
year = {2009}
}
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5 pages, 2 figures