Collision of cold CaF molecules: Towards evaporative cooling<xref rid="cpb_28_3_033401fn1" ref-type="fn">*</xref><fn id="cpb_28_3_033401fn1"><label>*</label><p>Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11604164 and U1810129), the Fund for Shanxi “1331 Project” Key Innovation Research Team, China (Grant No. 1331KIRT), and Excellent Youth Academic Leader in Higher Education of Shanxi Province, China (2018).</p></fn>

Collision of cold CaF molecules: Towards evaporative cooling**

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11604164 and U1810129), the Fund for Shanxi “1331 Project” Key Innovation Research Team, China (Grant No. 1331KIRT), and Excellent Youth Academic Leader in Higher Education of Shanxi Province, China (2018).

Gu Yuefeng¹, Huang Yunxia¹, Li Chuanliang², Yang Xiaohua^{1, 3, †}

All-optical, Mach–Zehnder interferometer type trap for evaporatively further cooling cold CaF molecules. The laser beam is p-polarized to avoid interfering and an AOM adjusts the laser intensity, and the trap is illustrated in three-dimensional as well.