Laser slowing of CaF molecules to near the capture velocity of a molecular MOT

Laser slowing of CaF molecules down to the capture velocity of a magneto-optical trap for molecules is achieved. Starting from a two-stage buffer gas beam source, we apply frequency-broadened 'white-light' slowing and observe approximately 6 x 10⁴ CaF molecules in a single pulse with veloc...

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Main Authors: Hemmerling, Boerge, Chae, Eunmi, Ravi, Aakash, Anderegg, Loic, Drayna, Garrett K, Hutzler, Nicholas R, Collopy, Alejandra L, Ye, Jun, Doyle, John M, Ketterle, Wolfgang
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: IOP Publishing 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/108621
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9528-3044