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Hyperfine spectroscopy and laser cooling of the fermionic isotopes $^{47}$Ti and $^{49}$Ti

Atomic Physics 2026-03-03 v1

Abstract

We report on magneto-optical trapping of the two fermionic isotopes of atomic titanium, 47^{47}Ti and 49^{49}Ti. Unlike the even mass-number isotopes, which were recently laser cooled, 47^{47}Ti and 49^{49}Ti have nonzero nuclear spins and, consequently, their atomic levels are split by hyperfine structure. Combining and comparing theoretical calculations and atomic beam-spectroscopy measurements, we determine the hyperfine structures and isotope shifts of the 3d24s2\mathrm{3d^24s^2} a3F43d2(3P)4s4p(3Po)\mathrm{a^3F_4\rightarrow 3d^2(^3P)4s4p(^3P^o)} y5D4o\mathrm{y^5D_4^o} optical-pumping transition at optical wavelength 391nm and the 3d3(4F)4s\mathrm{3d^3(^4F)4s} a5F53d3(4F)4p\mathrm{a^5F_5\rightarrow 3d^3(^4F)4p} y5G6o\mathrm{y^5G_6^o} laser-cooling transition at wavelength 498nm. With this information, we produce magneto-optical traps of both 47^{47}Ti and 49^{49}Ti by applying two additional tones of light to repump atoms to the maximum-spin states on the laser-cooling transition. Directly loading from the atomic flux of a titanium sublimation pump, we produce 47^{47}Ti and 49^{49}Ti traps with 731(190) and 1142(240) atoms, and with lifetimes of 330(15)ms and 310(8)ms, respectively.

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@article{arxiv.2603.00282,
  title  = {Hyperfine spectroscopy and laser cooling of the fermionic isotopes $^{47}$Ti and $^{49}$Ti},
  author = {Jackson Schrott and Scott Eustice and Pouya Sadeghpour and Rowan Duim and Hiromitsu Sawaoka and Dmytro Filin and Marianna S. Safronova and Dan M. Stamper-Kurn},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.00282},
  year   = {2026}
}