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Non-destructive inelastic recoil spectroscopy of a single molecular ion: a versatile tool toward precision action spectroscopy

Chemical Physics 2023-07-25 v1 Atomic Physics

Abstract

We demonstrate a novel single molecule technique that is compatible with high precision measurements and obtain the spectrum of two molecular ion species. While the current result yields modest spectral resolution due to a broad light source, we expect the method to ultimately provide resolution comparable to quantum logic methods with significantly less stringent requirements. Adaptations of this technique will prove useful in a wide range of precision spectroscopy arenas including the search for parity violating effects in chiral molecules.

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@article{arxiv.2307.11977,
  title  = {Non-destructive inelastic recoil spectroscopy of a single molecular ion: a versatile tool toward precision action spectroscopy},
  author = {Aaron Calvin and Scott Eierman and Zeyun Peng and Merrell Brzeczek and Samuel Kresch and Elijah Lane and Lincoln Satterthwaite and David Patterson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.11977},
  year   = {2023}
}