1D Magneto-Optical Trap of Polyatomic Molecules
Atomic Physics
2020-04-08 v2
Abstract
We demonstrate a 1D magneto-optical trap of the polar free radical calcium monohydroxide (CaOH). A quasi-closed cycling transition is established to scatter photons per molecule, predominantly limited by interaction time. This enables radiative laser cooling of CaOH while compressing the molecular beam, leading to a significant increase in on-axis beam brightness and reduction in temperature from 8.4 mK to 1.4 mK.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2001.10525,
title = {1D Magneto-Optical Trap of Polyatomic Molecules},
author = {Louis Baum and Nathaniel B. Vilas and Christian Hallas and Benjamin L. Augenbraun and Shivam Raval and Debayan Mitra and John M. Doyle},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.10525},
year = {2020}
}