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Phys Chem Chem Phys
; 13(42): 18991-9, 2011 Nov 14.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21776450
RESUMO
We report the Stark deceleration of CaF molecules in the strong-field seeking ground state and in a weak-field seeking component of a rotationally-excited state. We use two types of decelerator, a conventional Stark decelerator for the weak-field seekers and an alternating gradient decelerator for the strong-field seekers, and we compare their relative merits. We also consider the application of laser cooling to increase the phase-space density of decelerated molecules.