A traveling wave decelerator for neutral polar molecules
Atomic Physics
2011-09-30 v1
Abstract
Recently, a decelerator for neutral polar molecules has been presented that operates on the basis of macroscopic, three-dimensional, traveling electrostatic traps (Osterwalder et al., Phys. Rev. A 81, 051401 (2010)). In the present paper, a complete description of this decelerator is given, with emphasis on the electronics and the mechanical design. Experimental results showing the transverse velocity distributions of guided molecules are shown and compared to trajectory simulations. An assessment of non-adiabatic losses is made by comparing the deceleration signals from 13-CO with those from 12-CO and with simulated signals.
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@article{arxiv.1107.5476,
title = {A traveling wave decelerator for neutral polar molecules},
author = {Samuel A. Meek and Maxwell F. Parsons and Georg Heyne and Viktor Platschkowski and Henrik Haak and Gerard Meijer and Andreas Osterwalder},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1107.5476},
year = {2011}
}
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10 pages, 7 figures