Controlling the motion of hydrogen molecules
The deflection and deceleration of neutral hydrogen molecules in the presence of an inhomogeneous electric field is demonstrated. The molecules are laser-excited in a molecular beam to selected Rydberg-Stark states in the field of an electric dipole for a fixed period, and their trajectories are mon...
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| author | Procter, SR Yamakita, Y Merkt, F Softley, T |
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| description | The deflection and deceleration of neutral hydrogen molecules in the presence of an inhomogeneous electric field is demonstrated. The molecules are laser-excited in a molecular beam to selected Rydberg-Stark states in the field of an electric dipole for a fixed period, and their trajectories are monitored using ion imaging and time-of-flight measurement. The Rydberg states (n≈17) show remarkably long lifetimes (>100 μs) and these results point to a novel method for trapping and cooling non-polar, non-magnetic molecules. © 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:e0534245-6b14-4e2e-94e8-15372cd0c3872022-03-27T09:46:26ZControlling the motion of hydrogen moleculesJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:e0534245-6b14-4e2e-94e8-15372cd0c387EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2003Procter, SRYamakita, YMerkt, FSoftley, TThe deflection and deceleration of neutral hydrogen molecules in the presence of an inhomogeneous electric field is demonstrated. The molecules are laser-excited in a molecular beam to selected Rydberg-Stark states in the field of an electric dipole for a fixed period, and their trajectories are monitored using ion imaging and time-of-flight measurement. The Rydberg states (n≈17) show remarkably long lifetimes (>100 μs) and these results point to a novel method for trapping and cooling non-polar, non-magnetic molecules. © 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. |
| spellingShingle | Procter, SR Yamakita, Y Merkt, F Softley, T Controlling the motion of hydrogen molecules |
| title | Controlling the motion of hydrogen molecules |
| title_full | Controlling the motion of hydrogen molecules |
| title_fullStr | Controlling the motion of hydrogen molecules |
| title_full_unstemmed | Controlling the motion of hydrogen molecules |
| title_short | Controlling the motion of hydrogen molecules |
| title_sort | controlling the motion of hydrogen molecules |
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