Pulsed Standing-Wave Mirror for Neutral Atoms and Molecules
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2000-05-29
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en
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4
5074-5077
5074-5077
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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, Volume 84, issue 22
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Reflection of neutral atoms and molecules by a pulsed standing wave with a duration on the order of nanoseconds is studied. It is shown that, with a suitable choice of the laser parameter values, each period of the standing-wave pattern functions as an independent mirror, thus providing a novel way to manipulate large samples of neutral gas-phase particles even with a single laser pulse. At moderate field intensities, the pulsed standing-wave mirror would be directly applicable, e.g., for the manipulation of buffer-gas cooled molecules.Description
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atom optics, molecule optics, pulsed atom mirror, pulsed molecule mirror
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Ryytty , P & Kaivola , M 2000 , ' Pulsed Standing-Wave Mirror for Neutral Atoms and Molecules ' , Physical Review Letters , vol. 84 , no. 22 , pp. 5074-5077 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.5074