2008/02/29 by Markus Metsala, Markus Metsälä, Joop J. Gilijamse +3
Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics #physics.atom-ph #physics.chem-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1367-2630/10/5/053018
published as New Journal of Physics 10 (2008) 053018 · 10 pages, 5 figures
openalex publication_date 2008/05/14 · arxiv created 2008/05/15 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
We have reflected a Stark-decelerated beam of OH molecules under normal incidence from mirrors consisting of permanent magnets. Two different types of magnetic mirrors have been demonstrated. A long-range flat mirror made from a large disc magnet has been used to spatially focus the reflected beam in the longitudinal direction ('bunching'). A short-range curved mirror composed of an array of small cube magnets allows for transverse focusing of the reflected beam.