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most citedRadio Frequency Magneto-Optical Trapping of CaF with High Density

250 citations · 774 across the 19 of their papers we have counts for

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19 papers

physics.atom-ph2026

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…

physics.atom-ph2025

Optimization of experimental parameters for laser-slowing and magneto-optical trapping of MgF molecules

Dongkyu Lim, Eunmi Chae

Diatomic molecules are promising systems for quantum science applications due to their complex energy structures and strong dipole-dipole interactions. Achieving ultracold temperat…

physics.atom-ph2024

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…

physics.atom-ph2023★ 3 cited

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…

physics.atom-ph2022★ 13 cited

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…

physics.atom-ph2022★ 7 cited

Laser cooling of molecules

Eunmi Chae

A recent progress on laser cooling of molecules is summarized. Since the development during 1980s for atomic species, laser cooling has been the very beginning step to cool and tra…

physics.atom-ph2022★ 15 cited

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…

physics.optics2022

Dual optical frequency combs with ultra-low relative phase jitters from 550 nm to 1020 nm for precision spectroscopy

Eunmi Chae, Kota Nakashima, Kosuke Yoshioka

Here, ultra-low relative phase jitters over a wide optical spectrum were achieved for dual Ti:Sapphire optical frequency combs. The two optical frequency combs were independently p…

physics.atom-ph2021★ 89 cited

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…

physics.atom-ph2021★ 11 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 18 cited

A compact green Ti:Sapphire astro-comb with 43-GHz repetition frequency

Eunmi Chae, Eiji Kambe, Kentaro Motohara +3

A compact green astro-comb with 43-GHz repetition rate is developed based on a Ti:Sapphire optical frequency comb (OFC) and a mode-selecting cavity. The OFC's large repetition rate…

physics.atom-ph2020★ 15 cited

Entanglement via rotational blockade of MgF molecules in a magic potential

Eunmi Chae

Diatomic polar molecules are one of the most promising platforms of quantum computing due to their rich internal states and large electric dipole moments. Here, we propose entangli…

physics.ins-det2018★ 4 cited

Direct Phase Locking of a Ti:Sapphire Optical Frequency Comb to a Remote Optical Frequency Standard

Eunmi Chae, Kota Nakashima, Takuya Ikeda +2

We report on an ultralow noise optical frequency transfer from a remotely located Sr optical lattice clock laser to a Ti:Sapphire optical frequency comb through telecom-wavelength…

physics.atom-ph2017★ 250 cited

Radio Frequency Magneto-Optical Trapping of CaF with High Density

Loic Anderegg, Benjamin Augenbraun, Eunmi Chae +7

We demonstrate significantly improved magneto-optical trapping of molecules using a very slow cryogenic beam source and RF modulated and DC magnetic fields. The RF MOT confines $1.…

physics.atom-ph2017★ 18 cited

One dimensional magneto-optical compression of a cold CaF molecular beam

Eunmi Chae, Loic Anderegg, Benjamin L. Augenbraun +7

We demonstrate with a RF-MOT the one dimensional, transverse magneto-optical compression of a cold beam of calcium monofluoride (CaF). By continually alternating the magnetic field…

physics.atom-ph2016★ 93 cited

Laser slowing of CaF molecules to near the capture velocity of a molecular MOT

Boerge Hemmerling, Eunmi Chae, Aakash Ravi +7

Laser slowing of CaF molecules down to the capture velocity of a magneto-optical trap (MOT) for molecules is achieved. Starting from a two-stage buffer gas beam source, we apply fr…

physics.atom-ph2015★ 106 cited

Rotational state microwave mixing for laser cooling of complex diatomic molecules

Mark Yeo, Matthew T. Hummon, Alejandra L. Collopy +5

We demonstrate the mixing of rotational states in the ground electronic state using microwave radiation to enhance optical cycling in the molecule yttrium (II) monoxide (YO). This…

physics.atom-ph2013★ 32 cited

Buffer gas loaded magneto-optical traps for Yb, Tm, Er and Ho

Boerge Hemmerling, Garrett K. Drayna, Eunmi Chae +2

Direct loading of lanthanide atoms into magneto-optical traps (MOTs) from a very slow cryogenic buffer gas beam source is achieved, without the need for laser slowing. The beam sou…

cond-mat.quant-gas2010★ 100 cited

Transition to a Bose-Einstein condensate of excitons at sub-Kelvin temperatures

Kosuke Yoshioka, Eunmi Chae, Makoto Kuwata-Gonokami

Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) is a quantum mechanical phenomenon directly linked to the quantum statistics of bosons. While cold atomic gases provide a new arena for exploring t…