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Light Gives Molecules the Chills
Author(s) -
Marian Adela,
Friedrich Bretislav
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.201000967
Subject(s) - laser , molecule , laser cooling , chills , materials science , optics , physics , quantum mechanics , medicine , pathology
A Sisyphean task: Laser cooling of molecules is difficult, mainly due to their rich vibrational structure, typically requiring dozens of repumping lasers. However, a proof‐of‐principle experiment to laser cool SrF molecules has been done (see picture), showing that laser cooling of some molecules is possible with just three lasers, as Highlighted herein.