Static Trapping of Polar Molecules in a Traveling Wave Decelerator
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Journal Article
Abstract
We present experiments on decelerating and trapping ammonia molecules using a combination of a Stark decelerator and a traveling wave decelerator. In the traveling wave decelerator, a moving potential is created by a series of ring-shaped electrodes to which oscillating high voltages (HV) are applied. By lowering the frequency of the applied voltages, the molecules confined in the moving trap are decelerated and brought to a standstill. As the molecules are confined in a true 3D well, this kind of deceleration has practically no losses, resulting in a great improvement on the usual Stark deceleration techniques. The necessary voltages are generated by amplifying the output of an arbitrary wave generator using fast HV amplifiers, giving us great control over the trapped molecules. We illustrate this by experiments in which we adiabatically cool trapped NH3 and ND3 molecules and resonantly excite their motion.
Date Issued
2013-03-27
Date Acceptance
2013-03-27
Citation
Physical Review Letters, 2013, 110 (13)
ISSN
0031-9007
Publisher
American Physical Society
Journal / Book Title
Physical Review Letters
Volume
110
Issue
13
Copyright Statement
© 2013 American Physical Society
Subjects
General Physics
02 Physical Sciences
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
133003