Cooling and trapping polar molecules in an electrostatic trap*
Wang Zhen-Xia, Gu Zhen-Xing, Deng Lian-Zhong, Yin Jian-Ping†
       
Spatial distributions of the electric field generated by the two electrodes. (a) The trapping configuration. The solid line stands for the distribution of electric field in the x (or y ) direction and the dashed line shows that in the z direction. (b) The loading configuration. The solid line indicates the distribution in the z direction, i.e., the direction of incident molecular beam, and the dashed line is the same distribution of panel (a) and remains here for comparison only.