Title :
Deceleration of a supersonic molecular beam in an optical cavity
Author :
Lan, Zhihao ; Zhao, Yongkai ; Barker, P.F. ; Lu, Weiping
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Phys. Sci., Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK
Abstract :
We present a new optical deceleration scheme to slow a supersonic beam to zero central velocity and show that the rapid switching of the optical deceleration force is automatically generated by the cavity-induced dynamics.
Keywords :
cavity resonators; molecular beams; optical resonators; radiation pressure; cavity-induced dynamics; optical cavity; optical deceleration force; optical deceleration scheme; supersonic beam; supersonic molecular beam; zero central velocity; Optical beams; cold molecules; deceleration; molecular physics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292116
