Laser-Assisted Stark Deceleration of Polar Molecules HC_2ⁿ+1N (n=2,3,4) in High-Field-Seeking State

Laser-assisted Stark deceleration scheme was proposed to decelerate the high-field-seeking molecule ICl in its rovibronic ground state. However, the laser intensity of 1.0×10¹⁰ W/cm² is hard to realize in experiment. The time-of-flight signals of HC_2ⁿ+1N (n=2, 3 and 4) by three-dimensional Monte-Carlo simulation suggest that deceleration of such molecules is more feasible experimentally as only one-tenth laser intensity is needed.