Phase space manipulation of cold free radical OH molecules.
We report bunching, slowing, and acceleration of a supersonically cooled beam of diatomic hydroxyl radicals (OH). In situ observation of laser-induced fluorescence along the beam propagation path allows for detailed characterization of longitudinal phase-space manipulation of OH molecules through the Stark effect by precisely sequenced inhomogeneous electric fields.
Bochinski
J R
JR
JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology and Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0440, USA.
Hudson
Eric R
ER
Lewandowski
H J
HJ
Meijer
Gerard
G
Ye
Jun
J