Two-dimensional trapping of dipolar molecules in time-varying electric fields
Chemical Physics
2009-11-10 v2 General Physics
Abstract
Simultaneous two-dimensional trapping of neutral dipolar molecules in low- and high-field seeking states is analyzed. A trapping potential of the order of 20 mK can be produced for molecules like ND3 with time-dependent electric fields. The analysis is in agreement with an experiment where slow molecules with longitudinal velocities of the order of 20 m/s are guided between four 50 cm long rods driven by an alternating electric potential at a frequency of a few kHz.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0310046,
title = {Two-dimensional trapping of dipolar molecules in time-varying electric fields},
author = {T. Junglen and T. Rieger and S. A. Rangwala and P. W. H. Pinkse and G. Rempe},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0310046},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 4 figures; some paragraphs rewritten and minor improvements throughout the paper