Radiation Pressure Force from Optical Cycling on a Polyatomic Molecule

Abstract

We demonstrate multiple photon cycling and radiative force deflection on the triatomic free radical strontium monohydroxide (SrOH). Optical cycling is achieved on SrOH in a cryogenic buffer-gas beam by employing the rotationally closed $P\left(N^{\prime \prime }=1\right)$ branch of the vibronic transition ${\tilde{X}}^2{\Sigma }^{+}\left(000\right)\leftrightarrow {\tilde{A}}^2{\Pi }_{1/2}\left(000\right)$. A single repumping laser excites the Sr-O stretching vibrational mode, and photon cycling of the molecule deflects the SrOH beam by an angle of $0.2^{\circ }$ via scattering of $\sim 100$ photons per molecule. This approach can be used for direct laser cooling of SrOH and more complex, isoelectronic species.

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