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Trapping Neutral Molecules in a Traveling Potential Well

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Bethlem, H. L., Berden, G., van Roij, A. J. A., Crompvoets, F. M. H., & Meijer, G. (2000). Trapping Neutral Molecules in a Traveling Potential Well. Physical Review Letters, 84(25), 5744-5747. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.5744.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000C-228C-0
Abstract
A series of pulsed electric fields can be arranged such that it creates a traveling potential well in which neutral dipolar molecules can be confined. This provides a method to transport, to decelerate, and to cool a sample of neutral molecules while maintaining the initial phase-space density. This method is described using the concept of phase stability. The oscillating motion of molecules in the traveling potential well, reaching a minimum velocity spread corresponding to a translational temperature of 4 mK, is experimentally observed.