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 …

Franck-Condon tuning of optical cycling centers by organic functionalization

CE Dickerson, H Guo, AJ Shin, BL Augenbraun… - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
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 …

Observation and laser spectroscopy of ytterbium monomethoxide,

BL Augenbraun, ZD Lasner, A Frenett, H Sawaoka… - Physical Review A, 2021 - APS
We describe a laser spectroscopic study of ytterbium monomethoxide, YbOCH 3, a species
of interest to searches for time-reversal symmetry violation using laser-cooled molecules …

Large molasses-like cooling forces for molecules using polychromatic optical fields: A theoretical description

K Wenz, I Kozyryev, RL McNally, L Aldridge… - Physical Review …, 2020 - APS
Recent theoretical investigations have indicated that rapid optical cycling should be feasible
in complex polyatomic molecules with diverse constituents, geometries, and symmetries …