Sisyphus cooling of electrically trapped polyatomic molecules

Martin Zeppenfeld (), Barbara G. U. Englert, Rosa Glöckner, Alexander Prehn, Manuel Mielenz, Christian Sommer, Laurens D. van Buuren, Michael Motsch and Gerhard Rempe
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Martin Zeppenfeld: Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik
Barbara G. U. Englert: Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik
Rosa Glöckner: Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik
Alexander Prehn: Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik
Manuel Mielenz: Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik
Christian Sommer: Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik
Laurens D. van Buuren: Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik
Michael Motsch: Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik
Gerhard Rempe: Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik

Nature, 2012, vol. 491, issue 7425, 570-573

Abstract: A general method of cooling polyatomic molecules to ultracold temperatures is reported; the optoelectrical cooling technique removes kinetic energy via a Sisyphus effect, effectively causing the molecules to continually ‘climb’ a hill of potential energy.

Date: 2012
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