Laser-cooled molecules

NJ Fitch, MR Tarbutt - Advances in atomic, molecular, and optical Physics, 2021 - Elsevier
The last few years have seen rapid progress in the application of laser cooling to molecules.
In this review, we examine what kinds of molecules can be laser cooled, how to design a …

Perspectives on parity violation in chiral molecules: theory, spectroscopic experiment and biomolecular homochirality

M Quack, G Seyfang, G Wichmann - Chemical Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The reflection (or 'mirror') symmetry of space is among the fundamental symmetries of
physics. It is connected to the conservation law for the quantum number parity and a …

Search for axion-like dark matter with ferromagnets

AV Gramolin, D Aybas, D Johnson, J Adam… - Nature Physics, 2021 - nature.com
Ultralight axion-like particles are well-motivated dark matter candidates, naturally emerging
from theories of physics at ultrahigh energies. Here we report the results of a direct search …

Dipolar evaporation of reactive molecules to below the Fermi temperature

G Valtolina, K Matsuda, WG Tobias, JR Li, L De Marco… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
The control of molecules is key to the investigation of quantum phases, in which rich
degrees of freedom can be used to encode information and strong interactions can be …

Resonant collisional shielding of reactive molecules using electric fields

K Matsuda, L De Marco, JR Li, WG Tobias, G Valtolina… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Full control of molecular interactions, including reactive losses, would open new frontiers in
quantum science. We demonstrate extreme tunability of ultracold chemical reaction rates by …

Search for axion-like dark matter with spin-based amplifiers

M Jiang, H Su, A Garcon, X Peng, D Budker - Nature Physics, 2021 - nature.com
Ultralight axion-like particles are well-motivated dark matter candidates introduced by
theories beyond the standard model of particle physics. However, directly constraining their …

Quantum metrology with strongly interacting spin systems

H Zhou, J Choi, S Choi, R Landig, AM Douglas, J Isoya… - Physical review X, 2020 - APS
Quantum metrology is a powerful tool for explorations of fundamental physical phenomena
and applications in material science and biochemical analysis. While in principle the …

Search for axionlike dark matter using solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance

D Aybas, J Adam, E Blumenthal, AV Gramolin… - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
We report the results of an experimental search for ultralight axionlike dark matter in the
mass range 162–166 neV. The detection scheme of our Cosmic Axion Spin Precession …

Polyatomic molecules as quantum sensors for fundamental physics

NR Hutzler - Quantum Science and Technology, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Precision measurements in molecules have advanced rapidly in recent years through
developments in techniques to cool, trap, and control. The complexity of molecules makes …

Search for axionlike dark matter with a liquid-state nuclear spin comagnetometer

T Wu, JW Blanchard, GP Centers, NL Figueroa… - Physical review …, 2019 - APS
We report the results of a search for axionlike dark matter using nuclear magnetic resonance
(NMR) techniques. This search is part of the multifaceted Cosmic Axion Spin Precession …