Direct Laser Cooling of Polyatomic Molecules
Abstract
Over the past decade, tremendous progress has been made to extend the tools of laser cooling and trapping to molecules. Those same tools have recently been applied to polyatomic molecules (molecules containing three or more atoms). In this review, we discuss the scientific drive to bring larger molecules to ultralow temperatures, the features of molecular structure that provide the most promising molecules for this pursuit, and some technical aspects of how lasers can be used to control the motion and quantum states of polyatomic molecules. We also present opportunities for and challenges to the use of polyatomic molecules for science and technology.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2302.10161,
title = {Direct Laser Cooling of Polyatomic Molecules},
author = {Benjamin L. Augenbraun and Loic Anderegg and Christian Hallas and Zack D. Lasner and Nathaniel B. Vilas and John M. Doyle},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.10161},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
112 pages, 32 figures; review article prepared for Advances in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics