https://doi.org/10.1140/epjti/s40485-015-0024-8
Review
Trapping molecules on chips
1
Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, Berlin, 14195, Germany
2
Istituto Nazionale di Ottica-CNR & European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy LENS, Via Nello Carrara 1, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019, Italy
* e-mail: santambrogio@lens.unifi.it
Received:
21
May
2015
Accepted:
24
August
2015
Published online:
9
September
2015
In the last years, it was demonstrated that neutral molecules can be loaded on a microchip directly from a supersonic beam. The molecules are confined in microscopic traps that can be moved smoothly over the surface of the chip. Once the molecules are trapped, they can be decelerated to a standstill, for instance, or pumped into selected quantum states by laser light or microwaves. Molecules are detected on the chip by time-resolved spatial imaging, which allows for the study of the distribution in the phase space of the molecular ensemble.
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