High Compression Blue-Detuned Magneto-Optical Trap of Polyatomic Molecules
Atomic Physics
2024-04-05 v1
Abstract
We demonstrate a blue-detuned magneto-optical trap (MOT) of a polyatomic molecule, calcium monohydroxide (CaOH). We identify a novel MOT frequency configuration that produces high spatial compression of the molecular cloud. This high compression MOT achieves a cloud radius of and a peak density of , the highest reported density for a molecular MOT to date. We compare our experimental studies of blue-detuned MOTs for CaOH and compare with Monte-Carlo simulations, finding good agreement.
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@article{arxiv.2404.03636,
title = {High Compression Blue-Detuned Magneto-Optical Trap of Polyatomic Molecules},
author = {Christian Hallas and Grace K. Li and Nathaniel B. Vilas and Paige Robichaud and Loïc Anderegg and John M. Doyle},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.03636},
year = {2024}
}