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Blue-detuned molecular magneto-optical trap schemes based on bayesian optimization

Atomic Physics 2023-05-29 v1

Abstract

Direct laser cooling and trapping of molecules to temperature below Doppler limit and density exceeding 10810^8 are challenging due to the sub-Doppler heating effects of molecular magneto-optical trap (MOT). In our previous paper [1], we presented a general approach to engineering the sub- Doppler force by tuning the AC stark shift with the addition of a blue detuned laser. Here, by employing the Bayesian optimization method to optical Bloch equations, we have identified multiple blue-detuned MOT schemes for the CaF molecule. From the three-dimensional Monte-Carlo simulation, we obtained a MOT temperature and density of 14 μK\rm \mu K and 4.5×108cm3\rm 4.5 \times 10^8 cm^{-3}, respectively. Our findings present a potential avenue for directly loading molecular MOTs into conservative traps, which can capitalize on the high density and low temperature of the MOT

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@article{arxiv.2305.16576,
  title  = {Blue-detuned molecular magneto-optical trap schemes based on bayesian optimization},
  author = {S. Xu and R. Li and Y. Zhai and Y. Xia and M. Siercke and S. Ospelkaus},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.16576},
  year   = {2023}
}

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5 pages, 4 figures

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