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Magnetic trapping and coherent control of laser-cooled molecules

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 نشر من قبل Michael Tarbutt
 تاريخ النشر 2017
  مجال البحث فيزياء
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We demonstrate coherent microwave control of the rotational, hyperfine and Zeeman states of ultracold CaF molecules, and the magnetic trapping of these molecules in a single, selectable quantum state. We trap about $5times 10^{3}$ molecules for 2 s at a temperature of 65(11) $mu$K and a density of $1.2 times 10^{5}$ cm$^{-3}$. We measure the state-specific loss rate due to collisions with background helium.



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