| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 36, Number 6, November III 1996
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 407 - 412 | |
| Section | Atomic, molecular and optical physics | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i1996-00243-1 | |
| Published online | 01 September 2002 | |
Trapping polar molecules with a charged wire
1
Institute of Spectroscopy Russian Academy of Sciences,
Troitsk, Moscow region 142092, Russia
2
Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Innsbruck,
A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Received:
28
May
1996
Accepted:
4
October
1996
We consider the interaction of a small polar molecule with the electric field produced by a charged wire. We conjecture that such molecules, if rotationally cold, can perform stable orbital motion around the wire. Experimental conditions to realize such wire traps are considered.
PACS: 33.80.Ps – Optical cooling of molecules; trapping / 33.15.Kr – Electric and magnetic moments (and derivatives), polarizability, and magnetic susceptibility
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