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Experimental Optimization of a Cryogenic Buffer Gas Source for Molecular Magneto-optical Traps
Kaiya Wilson, Ebram Youssef, Lo\"ıc Anderegg
Molecular magneto-optical traps (MOTs) are loaded from cryogenic buffer gas beam (CBGB) sources, which produce a large flux of cold molecules. However, only a small fraction of thi…
High-fidelity entanglement of polar molecules by dynamic geometric control
Scarlett S. Yu, Avikar Periwal, Jiaqi You +6
In quantum information systems made of optical tweezer arrays of ultracold molecules, thermal motion of molecules degrades the coherence of their interactions, which limits entangl…
Photon Cycling and Laser Cooling of an Asymmetric Top Molecule
Grace K. Li, Giseok Lee, Jack Mango +8
We realize two-dimensional magnetically-assisted Sisyphus laser cooling of an asymmetric top molecule (ATM), calcium monoamide (CaNH). Vibrational state closure is achieved wit…
Enhanced Loading of a Molecular Magneto-Optical Trap
Ebram Youssef, Kaiya Wilson, Jiahe Cao +6
Molecular magneto-optical traps (MOTs) typically capture orders of magnitude fewer particles than their atomic counterparts due in part to their significantly lower capture velocit…
Quantum-State-Controlled Collisions of Ultracold Polyatomic Molecules
Nathaniel B. Vilas, Paige Robichaud, Christian Hallas +7
Collisions between ultracold calcium monohydroxide (CaOH) molecules are realized and studied. Inelastic collision rate constants are measured for CaOH prepared in ground and excite…
A conveyor-belt magneto-optical trap of CaF
Scarlett S. Yu, Jiaqi You, Yicheng Bao +8
We report the experimental realization of a conveyor-belt magneto-optical trap for calcium monofluoride (CaF) molecules. The obtained highly-compressed cloud has a mean radius of 6…
Magneto-optical trapping of a heavy polyatomic molecule for precision measurement
Zack D. Lasner, Alexander Frenett, Hiromitsu Sawaoka +10
We report a magneto-optical trap of strontium monohydroxide (SrOH) containing 2000(600) molecules at a temperature of 1.2(3) mK. The lifetime is 91(9) ms, which is limited by decay…
High Compression Blue-Detuned Magneto-Optical Trap of Polyatomic Molecules
Christian Hallas, Grace K. Li, Nathaniel B. Vilas +3
We demonstrate a blue-detuned magneto-optical trap (MOT) of a polyatomic molecule, calcium monohydroxide (CaOH). We identify a novel MOT frequency configuration that produces high…
An optical tweezer array of ultracold polyatomic molecules
Nathaniel B. Vilas, Paige Robichaud, Christian Hallas +3
Polyatomic molecules have rich structural features that make them uniquely suited to applications in quantum information science, quantum simulation, ultracold chemistry, and searc…
Raman sideband cooling of molecules in an optical tweezer array to the 3-D motional ground state
Yicheng Bao, Scarlett S. Yu, Jiaqi You +5
Ultracold polar molecules are promising for quantum information processing and searches for physics beyond the Standard Model. Laser cooling to ultracold temperatures is an establi…
Blackbody thermalization and vibrational lifetimes of trapped polyatomic molecules
Nathaniel B. Vilas, Christian Hallas, Loïc Anderegg +5
We study the internal state dynamics of optically trapped polyatomic molecules subject to room temperature blackbody radiation. Using rate equations that account for radiative deca…
Direct Laser Cooling of Polyatomic Molecules
Benjamin L. Augenbraun, Loic Anderegg, Christian Hallas +3
Over the past decade, tremendous progress has been made to extend the tools of laser cooling and trapping to molecules. Those same tools have recently been applied to polyatomic mo…
Quantum Control of Trapped Polyatomic Molecules for eEDM Searches
Loïc Anderegg, Nathaniel B. Vilas, Christian Hallas +4
Ultracold polyatomic molecules are promising candidates for experiments in quantum science, quantum sensing, ultracold chemistry, and precision measurements of physics beyond the S…
Dipolar spin-exchange and entanglement between molecules in an optical tweezer array
Yicheng Bao, Scarlett S. Yu, Loïc Anderegg +4
Due to their intrinsic electric dipole moments and rich internal structure, ultracold polar molecules are promising candidate qubits for quantum computing and for a wide range of q…
Optical Trapping of a Polyatomic Molecule in an -Type Parity Doublet State
Christian Hallas, Nathaniel B. Vilas, Loïc Anderegg +5
We report optical trapping of a polyatomic molecule, calcium monohydroxide (CaOH). CaOH molecules from a magneto-optical trap are sub-Doppler laser cooled to in f…
Fast optical transport of ultracold molecules over long distances
Yicheng Bao, Scarlett S. Yu, Loïc Anderegg +6
Optically trapped laser-cooled polar molecules hold promise for new science and technology in quantum information and quantum simulation. Large numerical aperture optical access an…
Magneto-Optical Trapping and Sub-Doppler Cooling of a Polyatomic Molecule
Nathaniel B. Vilas, Christian Hallas, Loïc Anderegg +4
We report magneto-optical trapping (MOT) of a polyatomic molecule, calcium monohydroxide (CaOH). The MOT contains CaOH molecules at a peak density of $3.0(8)\ti…
Rotational Coherence Times of Polar Molecules in Optical Tweezers
Sean Burchesky, Loic Anderegg, Yicheng Bao +5
Qubit coherence times are critical to the performance of any robust quantum computing platform. For quantum information processing using arrays of polar molecules, a key performanc…
Observation of Microwave Shielding of Ultracold Molecules
Loïc Anderegg, Sean Burchesky, Yicheng Bao +6
Harnessing the potential wide-ranging quantum science applications of molecules will require control of their interactions. Here, we use microwave radiation to directly engineer an…
Direct Laser Cooling of a Symmetric Top Molecule
Debayan Mitra, Nathaniel B. Vilas, Christian Hallas +6
We report direct laser cooling of a symmetric top molecule, reducing the transverse temperature of a beam of calcium monomethoxide (CaOCH) to mK while addressing tw…
Observation of Collisions between Two Ultracold Ground-State CaF Molecules
Lawrence W. Cheuk, Loïc Anderegg, Yicheng Bao +5
We measure inelastic collisions between ultracold CaF molecules by combining two optical tweezers, each containing a single molecule. We observe collisions between CaF molecu…
An Optical Tweezer Array of Ultracold Molecules
Loïc Anderegg, Lawrence W. Cheuk, Yicheng Bao +4
Arrays of single ultracold molecules promise to be a powerful platform for many applications ranging from quantum simulation to precision measurement. Here we report on the creatio…
3-D Magneto-Optical Trap of Yttrium Monoxide
Alejandra L. Collopy, Shiqian Ding, Yewei Wu +5
We report three-dimensional trapping of an oxide molecule (YO), using a radio-frequency magneto-optical trap (MOT). The total number of molecules loaded is 1.5 ,…
-Enhanced Imaging of Molecules in an Optical Trap
Lawrence W. Cheuk, Loïc Anderegg, Benjamin L. Augenbraun +4
We report non-destructive imaging of optically trapped calcium monofluoride (CaF) molecules using in-situ -enhanced gray molasses cooling. times more fluorescence is obtai…