title: Deceleration of supersonic beams using inhomogeneous electric and magnetic fields.
abstract: Methods for the production of cold atomic and molecular samples relying on the deceleration of pulsed supersonic beams are described and a review of the corresponding literature is presented. These methods include multistage Stark deceleration, multistage Zeeman deceleration, and Rydberg-Stark deceleration. Recent applications of the cold samples produced with these techniques are summarized.
authors.affiliation: ETH Zürich, Laboratorium für Physikalische Chemie, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Stephen D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Hogan
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Motsch
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Merkt