2 papers
physics.atom-ph2026
Optical cycling on thorium monoxide (ThO) for an improved test of fundamental symmetries
Alexander Frenett, Dorothy Gan, Nicholas Emtage +3
Optical cycling refers to repeated excitation and spontaneous emission on an electronic transition in an atom or molecule. Optical cycling in molecules can enable a wide range of q…
physics.app-ph2020
Weighing an optically trapped microsphere in thermal equilibrium with air
L. E. Hillberry, Y. Xu, S. Miki-Silva +5
We report a weighing metrology experiment of a single silica microsphere optically trapped and immersed in air. Based on fluctuations about thermal equilibrium, three different mas…