Creating, detecting and locating ultracold molecules in a surface trap.

Autor: Tscherneck, M., Kleinert, J., Haimberger, C., Holmes, M. E., Bigelow, N. P., Wu, W.
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Zdroj: Applied Physics B: Lasers & Optics; May2005, Vol. 80 Issue 6, p639-643, 5p
Abstrakt: Ultracold molecules have been produced by photoassociation of Cs atoms trapped in a mirror magneto-optical trap. The molecules were detected by resonantly enhanced multi-photon ionization followed by time-of-flight mass spectroscopy. The time-of-flight ofatomic and molecular ions was investigated in the presence of a dc bias voltageapplied to the conducting mirror. This technique provides a new tool for determining the distance between the cold molecules and the mirror surface. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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