Over the past decade, tremendous progress has been made to extend the tools of laser
cooling and trap** to molecules. Those same tools have recently been applied to …

Complex molecular structure demands customized solutions to laser cooling by extending
its general set of principles and practices. Compared with other laser-cooled molecules …

Sensitivity of the precise measurement based on interaction between light and atoms can be
improved by prolonging spin-polarization lifetime of alkali-metal atoms. However, spin …

Direct laser cooling of molecules has reached a phase-space density exceeding 10-6 in
optical traps but with rather small molecular numbers. To progress toward quantum …

We report optical trap** of laser-cooled molecules at sufficient density to observe
molecule-molecule collisions for the first time in a bulk gas. SrF molecules from a red …

Recent experiments have demonstrated direct cooling and trap** of diatomic and triatomic
molecules in magneto-optical traps (MOTs). However, even the best molecular MOTs to date …

We simulate the capture process of MgF molecules into a frequency-chirped molecular
magneto-optical trap (MOT). Our calculations show that by chir** the frequency, the MOT …

A novel traveling-wave Zeeman decelerator based on a double-helix coil geometry capable
of decelerating paramagnetic molecules with high efficiency is presented. Moving magnetic …

Polarization gradient cooling (PGC) plays an important role in many cold atom applications
including the formation of Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) and cooling of single atoms …

We study theoretically the behavior of laser-cooled calcium monofluoride (CaF) molecules in
an optical molasses and magneto-optical trap (MOT), and compare our results to recent …