Decelerating neutral dipolar molecules

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作者
Bethlem, HL [1 ]
Berden, G [1 ]
Meijer, G [1 ]
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[1] Univ Nijmegen, Dept Mol & Laser Phys, NL-6525 ED Nijmegen, Netherlands
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.1558
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
It is experimentally demonstrated that a beam of neutral dipolar molecules can be efficiently decelerated with a time-varying electric field. A pulsed beam of neutral metastable CO molecules is slowed down from 225 m/s (E-kin = 59 cm(-1)) to 98 m/s (E-kin = 11 cm(-1)) upon passage through an array of 63 synchronously pulsed electric field stages.
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页码:1558 / 1561
页数:4
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