An AC electric trap for ground-state molecules

Details An AC electric trap for ground-state molecules An AC electric trap for ground-state molecules

2005-01-18

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0501092v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 083001 (2005)

Physics

Atomic Physics

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.083001

We here report on the realization of an electrodynamic trap, capable of trapping neutral atoms and molecules in both low-field and high-field seeking states. Confinement in three dimensions is achieved by switching between two electric field configurations that have a saddle-point at the center of the trap, i.e., by alternating a focusing and a defocusing force in each direction. AC trapping of 15ND3 molecules is experimentally demonstrated, and the stability of the trap is studied as a function of the switching frequency. A 1 mK sample of 15ND3 molecules in the high-field seeking component of the |J,K>=|1,1> level, the ground-state of para-ammonia, is trapped in a volume of about 1 mm^3.

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