Apparatus for laser slowing and cooling of molecules

Abstract

This is the final report for our DURIP grant entitled "Apparatus for Laser Slowing and cooling of Molecules". We have successfully acquired and assembled all parts for a new cryogenic molecular beam source, and recently used the source for preliminary work on laser cooling of a new molecular species, TlF. We have also successfully acquired and assembled the parts for a custom laser system, which produces long (~200 microsecond), single-frequency pulses with energy ~1.1 Joules at 1064 nm and/or ~0.4 Joules at 532 nm. We have acquired all parts for producing tunable laser pulses based on optical parametric amplification of an external cavity diode laser with this system, and assembled all but the final, yet-to-be-tested stage.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 09, 2016
Accession Number
AD1037231

Entities

People

  • David DeMille

Organizations

  • Yale University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Agreements
  • Cooling
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Engineering
  • Information Operations
  • Laser Cooling
  • Laser Diodes
  • Laser Pulses
  • Lasers
  • Mathematics
  • Molecular Beams
  • Molecules
  • Students
  • Technology Transfer
  • Tunable Lasers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Research Science/Academic Research

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy