Laser cooling of molecules: A sequential scheme for rotation, translation, and vibration

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 9689-9697

  Bahns, J T ^a   Stwalley, W C ^a   Gould, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); CESIUM; COOLING; DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; FREQUENCIES; LASERS; MOLECULAR BEAMS; OPTICAL PUMPING; RAMAN SCATTERING;

DETUNING; DOPPLER CHIRP; LASER COOLING; MULTIPLE SINGLE FREQUENCY LASER; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; STIMULATED RAMAN SIDEBANDS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 0030170101     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.471731     Document Type: Article

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