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Title: Manufacturing a thin wire electrostatic trap for ultracold polar molecules

Journal Article · · Review of Scientific Instruments
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2815338· OSTI ID:21024580
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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy and Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627 (United States)

We present a detailed description on how to build a thin wire electrostatic trap (TWIST) for ultracold polar molecules. It is the first design of an electrostatic trap that can be superimposed directly onto a magneto-optical trap (MOT). We can thus continuously produce ultracold polar molecules via photoassociation from a two species MOT and instantaneously trap them in the TWIST without the need for complex transfer schemes. Despite the spatial overlap of the TWIST and the MOT, the two traps can be operated and optimized completely independently due to the complementary nature of the utilized trapping mechanisms.

OSTI ID:
21024580
Journal Information:
Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 78, Issue 11; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2815338; (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0034-6748
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English