Radio Frequency Magneto-Optical Trapping of CaF with High Density

We demonstrate significantly improved magneto-optical trapping of molecules using a very slow cryogenic beam source and either rf modulated or dc magnetic fields. The rf magneto-optical trap (MOT) confines 1.0(3)×10⁵ CaF molecules at a density of 7(3)×10⁶  cm⁻³, which is an order of magnitude greate...

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Main Authors: Anderegg, Loïc, Augenbraun, Benjamin L., Chae, Eunmi, Hemmerling, Boerge, Hutzler, Nicholas R., Ravi, Aakash, Collopy, Alejandra, Ye, Jun, Doyle, John M., Ketterle, Wolfgang
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114704
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9528-3044