$\Lambda$-Enhanced Imaging of Molecules in an Optical Trap
Atomic Physics
2018-08-29 v1 Quantum Gases
Abstract
We report non-destructive imaging of optically trapped calcium monofluoride (CaF) molecules using in-situ -enhanced gray molasses cooling. times more fluorescence is obtained compared to destructive on-resonance imaging, and the trapped molecules remain at a temperature of . The achieved number of scattered photons makes possible non-destructive single-shot detection of single molecules with high fidelity.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1807.00740,
title = {$\Lambda$-Enhanced Imaging of Molecules in an Optical Trap},
author = {Lawrence W. Cheuk and Loïc Anderegg and Benjamin L. Augenbraun and Yicheng Bao and Sean Burchesky and Wolfgang Ketterle and John M. Doyle},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.00740},
year = {2018}
}
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6 pages, 4 figures