Rotational laser cooling of vibrationally and translationally cold molecular ions

Nature Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 271-274

  Staanum, Peter F ^a   Højbjerre, Klaus ^a   Skyt, Peter S ^a   Hansen, Anders K ^a   Drewsen, Michael ^a  

^a DANISH NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCITED STATES; ION SOURCES; IONS; LASER COOLING; LASER EXCITATION; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; QUANTUM OPTICS;

CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURES; ELECTRONIC GROUND STATE; GROUND STATE COOLING; MOLECULAR REACTIONS; MOLECULAR TARGETS; QUANTUM COMPUTING; ROVIBRATIONAL TRANSITIONS; THERMAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

GROUND STATE;

EID: 77950509988     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1604     Document Type: Article

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