Magneto-Optical Trap for Polar Molecules

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dc.creatorStuhl, Benjamin K.
dc.creatorSawyer, Brian C.
dc.creatorWang, Dajun
dc.creatorYe, Jun
dc.date2008-08-15
dc.date2008-12-12
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:11:50Z
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dc.descriptionWe propose a method for laser cooling and trapping a substantial class of polar molecules, and in particular titanium (II) oxide (TiO). This method uses pulsed electric fields to nonadiabatically remix the ground-state magnetic sublevels of the molecule, allowing us to build a magneto-optical trap (MOT) based on a quasi-cycling $J'=J"-1$ transition. Monte-Carlo simulations of this electrostatically remixed MOT (ER-MOT) demonstrate the feasibility of cooling TiO to a temperature of 10 $\mathrmμK$ and trapping it with a radiation-pumping-limited lifetime on the order of 80 ms.
dc.description4 pages, 4 figures, 1 table v2: updated to final published text and figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0808.2171
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0808.2171
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. Lett. 101, 243002 (2008)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.243002
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/210348
dc.subjectAtomic Physics
dc.subjectChemical Physics
dc.subjectOptics
dc.titleMagneto-Optical Trap for Polar Molecules
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