Laser slowing and cooling of chemically stable molecules and MOT technology

We first introduce the basic principles, technical schemes and latest progress in laser slowing and cooling of molecules, including the selection of molecular candidates, their laser slowing and cooling, electro-optical cooling of polyatomic molecules, and so forth. The basic principles, techniques and recent progress of magneto-optical trapping for molecules will then be described. Following a brief summary, an overview of future prospects will be presented.