Recent progress and future prospects of matter-wave interferometry with complex organic
molecules and inorganic clusters are reviewed. Three variants of a near-field interference …

The recent development of a range of new methods for producing samples of gas-phase
molecules that are translationally cold (K) or ultracold (mK) is driving efforts to study reactive …

We report the stop** of an atomic beam, using a series of pulsed electromagnetic coils.
We use a supersonic beam of metastable neon created in a gas discharge as a …

The motion of neutral molecules in a beam can be manipulated with inhomogeneous
electric and magnetic fields. Static fields can be used to deflect or focus molecules, whereas …

Pulsed beams, originating from a high pressure, fast acting valve equipped with a shaped
nozzle, can now be generated at high repetition rates and with moderate vacuum pum** …

Research with cold molecules has developed rapidly in recent years. There is now a variety
of established methods for cooling molecules into the millikelvin range. Nevertheless, a focal …

The submillimeter spectral region has undergone an explosive growth in the last decade,
not only in its impact on the larger scientific and technological world, but also in the high …

We report the experimental demonstration of a novel method to slow atoms and molecules
with permanent magnetic moments using pulsed magnetic fields. In our experiments, we …

Molecules can be used to test fundamental physics. Such tests often require cold molecules
for detailed spectroscopic analysis. Cooling internal degrees of freedom provides a high …

We report the creation of a Bose-Einstein condensate using buffer-gas cooling, the first
realization of Bose-Einstein condensation using a broadly general method which relies …