中国物理B ›› 2016, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (5): 53701-053701.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/25/5/053701
• SPECIAL TOPIC—Soft matter and biological physics (Review) • 上一篇 下一篇
Dizhou Xie(谢笛舟), Wenhao Bu(卜文浩), Bo Yan(颜波)
Dizhou Xie(谢笛舟), Wenhao Bu(卜文浩), Bo Yan(颜波)
摘要:
Realizing a molecular magneto-optical trap has been a dream for cold molecular physicists for a long time. However, due to the complex energy levels and the small effective Lande g-factor of the excited states, the traditional magneto-optical trap (MOT) scheme does not work very well for polar molecules. One way to overcome this problem is the switching MOT, which requires very fast switching of both the magnetic field and the laser polarizations. Switching laser polarizations is relatively easy, but fast switching of the magnetic field is experimentally challenging. Here we propose an alternative approach, the microwave-mediated MOT, which requires a slight change of the current experimental setup to solve the problem. We calculate the MOT force and compare it with the traditional MOT and the switching MOT scheme. The results show that we can operate a good MOT with this simple setup.
中图分类号: (Atom cooling methods)