Accession Number:

AD1028099

Title:

Mode-Locked Deceleration of Molecular Beams: Physics with Ultracold Molecules

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report,01 Apr 2013,01 Jun 2016

Corporate Author:

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES United States

Personal Author(s):

• Campbell,Wesley C.

Report Date:

2017-02-07

Pagination or Media Count:

13.0

Abstract:

As a direct result of the support of this award, we constructed a MOT Magneto Optical Trap of rubidium atoms, demonstrated excitation of the laser-cooled atoms with single pulses from a mode-locked laser, constructed a buffer-gas beam source, developed a novel long-pulse auto correlator for measuring and characterizing pulse chirp for adiabatic rapid passage, and demonstrated laser cooling and trapping of atoms on a two-photon transition driven by an optical frequency comb.

Descriptors:

• molecular beams
• laser cooling
• atoms
• photons

Subject Categories:

• Atomic and Molecular Physics and Spectroscopy

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE