Stark deceleration of lithium hydride molecules

Details Stark deceleration of lithium hydride molecules Stark deceleration of lithium hydride molecules

2008-12-22

arxiv.org/abs/0812.4188v2

New Journal of Physics 11 (2009) 055038

Physics

Atomic Physics

14 pages, 6 figures; minor revisions following referee suggestions

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We describe the production of cold, slow-moving LiH molecules. The molecules are produced in the ground state using laser ablation and supersonic expansion, and 68% of the population is transferred to the rotationally excited state using narrowband radiation at the rotational frequency of 444GHz. The molecules are then decelerated from 420m/s to 53m/s using a 100 stage Stark decelerator. We demonstrate and compare two different deceleration modes, one where every stage is used for deceleration, and another where every third stage decelerates and the intervening stages are used to focus the molecules more effectively. We compare our experimental data to the results of simulations and find good agreement. These simulations include the velocity dependence of the detection efficiency and the probability of transitions between the weak-field seeking and strong-field seeking quantum states. Together, the experimental and simulated data provide information about the spatial extent of the source of molecules. We consider the prospects for future trapping and sympathetic cooling experiments.

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