Measuring and manipulating the temperature of cold molecules trapped on a chip

Year: 2015

Authors: Marx S., Adu Smith D., Insero G., Meek S. A., Sartakov B. G., Meijer G., Santambrogio G.

Autors Affiliation: Max Planck Gesell, Fritz Haber Inst, D-14195 Berlin, Germany; CNR, Ist Nazl Ottica, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy; LENS, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy; Max Planck Inst Biophys Chem, D-37077 Gottingen, Germany; RAS, AM Prokhorov Gen Phys Inst, Moscow 119991, Russia; Radboud Univ Nijmegen, Inst Mol & Mat, NL-6525 AJ Nijmegen, Netherlands.

Abstract: Following Marx et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 243007 (2013)], we discuss the measurement and manipulation of the temperature of cold CO molecules in a microchip environment. In particular, we present a model to explain the observed and calculated velocity distributions. We also show that a translational temperature can be extracted directly from the measurements. Finally, we discuss the conditions needed for an effective adiabatic cooling of the molecular ensemble trapped on the microchip.

Journal/Review: PHYSICAL REVIEW A

Volume: 92 (6)      Pages from: 63408-1  to: 63408-7

More Information: We gratefully acknowledge the work of the electronic laboratory of the Fritz Haber Institute, in particular G. Heyne, V. Platschkowski, and T. Zehentbauer. We gratefully also acknowledge fruitful discussion with Dr. G. Morra from Istituto di Chimica del Riconoscimento Molecolare, CNR. This work has been funded by the European Community’s Seventh Framework Program FP7/2007-2013 under Grant Agreement No. 216774, ERC-2009-AdG under Grant Agreement No. 247142-MolChip, and LASERLAB-EUROPE under Grant Agreement No. 284464.
KeyWords: Diatomic Molecule; Ultracold Atoms
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.92.063408

Citations: 5
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