Zeeman-Sisyphus Deceleration for Heavy Molecules with Perturbed Excited-State Structure
Atomic Physics
2023-03-01 v1
Abstract
We demonstrate and characterize Zeeman-Sisyphus (ZS) deceleration of a beam of ytterbium monohydroxide (YbOH). Our method uses a combination of large magnetic fields ( 2.5 T) and optical spin-flip transitions to decelerate molecules while scattering only 10 photons per molecule. We study the challenges associated with the presence of internal molecular perturbations among the excited electronic states and discuss the methods used to overcome these challenges, including a modified ZS decelerator using microwave and optical transitions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2210.10859,
title = {Zeeman-Sisyphus Deceleration for Heavy Molecules with Perturbed Excited-State Structure},
author = {Hiromitsu Sawaoka and Alexander Frenett and Abdullah Nasir and Tasuku Ono and Benjamin L. Augenbraun and Timothy C. Steimle and John M. Doyle},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.10859},
year = {2023}
}
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9 pages, 3 figures, 1 table