Rotational cooling of polar molecules by Stark-Tuned cavity resonance

A general scheme for rotational cooling of diatomic heteronuclear molecules is proposed. It uses a superconducting microwave cavity to enhance the spontaneous decay via Purcell effect. Rotational cooling can be induced by sequentially tuning each rotational transition to cavity resonance, starting f...

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Main Author: Ooi, Chong Heng Raymond
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2003
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Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/7926/1/Ooi-2003-Rotational_cooling_o.pdf
http://eprints.um.edu.my/7926/
http://pra.aps.org/pdf/PRA/v68/i1/e013410
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Summary:A general scheme for rotational cooling of diatomic heteronuclear molecules is proposed. It uses a superconducting microwave cavity to enhance the spontaneous decay via Purcell effect. Rotational cooling can be induced by sequentially tuning each rotational transition to cavity resonance, starting from the highest transition level to the lowest one using an electric field. Electrostatic multipoles can be used to provide large confinement volume with essentially homogeneous background electric field.