Abstract
We report experiments demonstrating the laser cooling of a diatomic molecule. A cryogenic molecular beam of strontium monofluoride (SrF) is subjected to one-dimensional transverse laser cooling. We observe both Doppler and Sisyphus-type cooling mechanisms.
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