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Alternating gradient focusing and deceleration of large molecules

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Wohlfart,  Kirstin
Molecular Physics, Fritz Haber Institute, Max Planck Society;

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Grätz,  Fabian
Molecular Physics, Fritz Haber Institute, Max Planck Society;

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Filsinger,  Frank
Molecular Physics, Fritz Haber Institute, Max Planck Society;

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Haak,  Henrik
Molecular Physics, Fritz Haber Institute, Max Planck Society;

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Meijer,  Gerard
Molecular Physics, Fritz Haber Institute, Max Planck Society;

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Küpper,  Jochen
Molecular Physics, Fritz Haber Institute, Max Planck Society;

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Wohlfart, K., Grätz, F., Filsinger, F., Haak, H., Meijer, G., & Küpper, J. (2008). Alternating gradient focusing and deceleration of large molecules. Physical Review A, 77(3): 031404. doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.77.031404.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0010-FE37-7
Abstract
We have focused and decelerated benzonitrile (C7H5N) molecules from a molecular beam, using an array of time-varying inhomogeneous electric fields in alternating gradient configuration. Benzonitrile is prototypical for large asymmetric top molecules that exhibit rich rotational structure and a high density of states. At the rotational temperature of 3.5 K in the pulsed molecular beam, many rotational states are populated. Benzonitrile molecules in their absolute ground state are decelerated from 320 m/s to 289 m/s, and similar changes in velocity are obtained for excited rotational states. All measurements agree well with the outcome of trajectory calculations. These experiments demonstrate that such large polyatomic molecules are amenable to the powerful method of Stark deceleration.