no code implementations • 8 Oct 2020 • Claire E. Dickerson, Han Guo, Ashley J. Shin, Benjamin L. Augenbraun, Justin R. Caram, Wesley C. Campbell, Anastassia N. Alexandrova
Laser induced electronic excitations that spontaneously emit photons and decay directly to the initial ground state ("optical cycling transitions") are used in quantum information and precision measurement for state initialization and readout.
Atomic Physics
1 code implementation • 6 Apr 2020 • Debayan Mitra, Nathaniel B. Vilas, Christian Hallas, Loïc Anderegg, Benjamin L. Augenbraun, Louis Baum, Calder Miller, Shivam Raval, John M. Doyle
We report direct laser cooling of a symmetric top molecule, reducing the transverse temperature of a beam of calcium monomethoxide (CaOCH$_3$) to 730 $\mu$K while addressing two distinct nuclear spin isomers.
Atomic Physics Chemical Physics
