Cold trapped molecular ions and hybrid platforms for ions and neutral particles

M Deiß, S Willitsch, J Hecker Denschlag - Nature Physics, 2024 - nature.com
Recent years have seen the emergence of a new generation of collision and cold-chemistry
experiments in which cold atoms and ions are brought into contact in a controlled way in …

Prospects of nuclear-coupled-dark-matter detection via correlation spectroscopy of and

E Madge, G Perez, Z Meir - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
The nature of dark matter (DM) and its interaction with the Standard Model (SM) is one of the
biggest open questions in physics nowadays. The vast majority of theoretically motivated …

Enhancing reactivity of SiO+ ions by controlled excitation to extreme rotational states

S Venkataramanababu, A Li, IO Antonov… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Optical pum** of molecules provides unique opportunities for control of chemical
reactions at a wide range of rotational energies. This work reports a chemical reaction with …

Engineering field-insensitive molecular clock transitions for symmetry violation searches

Y Takahashi, C Zhang, A Jadbabaie, NR Hutzler - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Molecules are a powerful platform to probe fundamental symmetry violations beyond the
standard model, as they offer both large amplification factors and robustness against …

Effects of an oscillating electric field on and dipole moment measurement of a single molecular ion

AL Collopy, J Schmidt, D Leibfried, DR Leibrandt… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
We characterize and model the Stark effect due to the radio-frequency (rf) electric field
experienced by a molecular ion in an rf Paul trap, a leading systematic in the uncertainty of …

SI-traceable frequency dissemination at 1572.06 nm in a stabilized fiber network with ring topology

D Husmann, LG Bernier, M Bertrand, D Calonico… - Optics express, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Frequency dissemination in phase-stabilized optical fiber networks for metrological
frequency comparisons and precision measurements are promising candidates to overcome …

Spatial and temporal detection of ions ejected from Coulomb crystals

JA Diprose, V Richardson, P Regan… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Coulomb crystals have proven to be powerful and versatile tools for the study of ion–
molecule reactions under cold and controlled conditions. Reactions in Coulomb crystals are …

Quantum state tracking and control of a single molecular ion in a thermal environment

Y Liu, J Schmidt, Z Liu, DR Leibrandt, D Leibfried… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Understanding molecular state evolution is central to many disciplines, including molecular
dynamics, precision measurement, and molecule-based quantum technology. Details of this …

THz quantum gap: exploring potential approaches for generating and detecting non-classical states of THz light

Y Todorov, S Dhillon, J Mangeney - Nanophotonics, 2024 - degruyter.com
Over the past few decades, THz technology has made considerable progress, evidenced by
the performance of current THz sources and detectors, as well as the emergence of several …

Frequency stabilisation and SI tracing of mid-infrared quantum-cascade lasers for precision molecular spectroscopy

M Sinhal, A Johnson, S Willitsch - Molecular Physics, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The advancement of technologies for the precise interrogation of molecules offers exciting
possibilities for new studies in the realms of precision spectroscopy and quantum …