Abstract
We propose a promising scheme to decelerate a CW molecular beam by using a red-detuned quasi-cw semi-Gaussian laser beam (SGB). We study the dynamical process of the deceleration for a CW deuterated ammonia (ND3) molecular beam by Monte-Carlo simulation method. Our study shows that we can obtain a ND3 molecular beam with a relative average kinetic energy loss of about 10% and a relative output molecular number of more than 90% by using a single quasi-cw SGB with a power of 1.5kW and a maximum optical well depth of 7.33mK.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3672-3677 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Chinese Physics B |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Oct 2008 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Optical Stark deceleration
- Semi-Gaussian beam