Magneto-optical Trap for Polar Molecules Export

@article{Stuhl2008, abstract = {We propose a method for laser cooling and trapping a substantial class of polar molecules and, in particular, titanium (II) oxide (TiO). This method uses pulsed electric fields to nonadiabatically remix the ground-state magnetic sublevels of the molecule, allowing one to build a magneto-optical trap based on a quasicycling J=J-1 transition. Monte\ Carlo simulations of this electrostatically remixed magneto-optical trap demonstrate the feasibility of cooling TiO to a temperature of 10 \µK and trapping it with a radiation-pumping-limited lifetime on the order of 80\ ms.}, author = {Stuhl, Benjamin K. and Sawyer, Brian C. and Wang, Dajun and Ye, Jun}, citeulike-article-id = {3790090}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=PRLTAO000101000024243002000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v101/e243002}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.243002}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.243002}, journal = {Physical Review Letters}, keywords = {magneto, molecule, mot, optical, oxide, polar, tio, titanium, trap}, number = {24}, pages = {243002+}, posted-at = {2009-11-04 17:37:12}, priority = {2}, publisher = {APS}, title = {Magneto-optical Trap for Polar Molecules}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.243002}, volume = {101}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - Stuhl2008 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3790090 N2 - We propose a method for laser cooling and trapping a substantial class of polar molecules and, in particular, titanium (II) oxide (TiO). This method uses pulsed electric fields to nonadiabatically remix the ground-state magnetic sublevels of the molecule, allowing one to build a magneto-optical trap based on a quasicycling J=J-1 transition. Monte Carlo simulations of this electrostatically remixed magneto-optical trap demonstrate the feasibility of cooling TiO to a temperature of 10 µK and trapping it with a radiation-pumping-limited lifetime on the order of 80 ms. IS - 24 JF - Physical Review Letters TI - Magneto-optical Trap for Polar Molecules PB - APS VL - 101 SP - 243002 KW - magneto KW - molecule KW - mot KW - optical KW - oxide KW - polar KW - tio KW - titanium KW - trap AU - Stuhl, Benjamin AU - Sawyer, Brian AU - Wang, Dajun AU - Ye, Jun PY - 2008/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.243002 ER -