Three-dimensional modeling magneto-optical trapping of MgF molecule with multilevel rate equations

Abstract

We present a theoretical study of magneto-optical trapping (MOT) force exerted on magnesium monofluoride (MgF) with 3D rate equations, in which we have considered the complex vibrational and rotational levels and the effects of small internal splittings and degeneracies,including fine and hyperfine structures and the magnetic quantum numbers. We investigate the feasibility of MOT for MgF with a very small excited state g-factor ($g_e=-0.0002$) and a large radiative decay reate ($\Gamma =2\pi \times 22$MHz) for the electronic transition of X${}^2{\Sigma }^{+}$ to A${}^2{\Pi }_{1/2}$ states. We also optimize the MOT with reference to the three-, four- and more-frequency component models with various polarization configurations and detunings. By applying the dual frequency arrangement to more than one hyperfine level, we suggest a configuration of the 3+1 frequency components for achieving the MOT of MgF.

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