Fig. Typical setup for laser cooling and trapping of polar molecules. (IMAGE)

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Fig. Typical setup for laser cooling and trapping of polar molecules.

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Fig. Typical setup for laser cooling and trapping of polar molecules. (a) The population distribution of rotational states in buffer gas cell . (b) Upper panel: Comparison of molecule numbers with and without slowing the process. Lower panel: Time sequences of the slowing process. (c) Image of molecular MOT. Both (b) and (c) are from . (d) Typical experimental setup for a molecular MOT.

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Zixuan Zeng, Bo Yan

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