Radio Frequency Magneto-Optical Trapping of CaF with High Density.
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چکیده
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)×10^{5} CaF molecules at a density of 7(3)×10^{6} cm^{-3}, which is an order of magnitude greater than previous molecular MOTs. Near Doppler-limited temperatures of 340(20) μK are attained. The achieved density enables future work to directly load optical tweezers and create optical arrays for quantum simulation.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review letters
دوره 119 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2017