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Laser excitation of the Th nuclear isomeric transition in a solid-state host
R. Elwell, Christian Schneider, Justin Jeet +6
LiSrAlF crystals doped with Th are used in a laser-based search for the nuclear isomeric transition. Two spectroscopic features near the nuclear transition energy are o…
Probing the limits of optical cycling in a predissociative diatomic molecule
Qi Sun, Claire E. Dickerson, Jinyu Dai +6
Molecular predissociation is the spontaneous, nonradiative bond breaking process that can occur upon excitation. In the context of laser cooling, predissociation is an unwanted con…
Laser spectroscopy of aromatic molecules with optical cycling centers: strontium (I) phenoxides
Guanming Lao, Guo-Zhu Zhu, Claire E. Dickerson +5
We report the production and spectroscopic characterization of strontium (I) phenoxide (, or SrOPh) and variants featuring electron-withdrawing groups…
Fully saturated hydrocarbons as hosts of optical cycling centers
Claire E. Dickerson, Cecilia Chang, Han Guo +1
Designing closed, laser-induced optical cycling transitions in trapped atoms or molecules is useful for quantum information processing, precision measurement, and quantum sensing.…
Pathway Towards Optical Cycling and Laser Cooling of Functionalized Arenes
Debayan Mitra, Zack D. Lasner, Guo-Zhu Zhu +8
Rapid and repeated photon cycling has enabled precision metrology and the development of quantum information systems using a variety of atoms and simple molecules. Extending optica…
Functionalizing Aromatic Compounds with Optical Cycling Centers
Guo-Zhu Zhu, Debayan Mitra, Benjamin L. Augenbraun +9
Molecular design principles provide guidelines for augmenting a molecule with a smaller group of atoms to realize a desired property or function. We demonstrate that these concepts…
Franck-Condon tuning of optical cycling centers by organic functionalization
Claire E. Dickerson, Han Guo, Ashley J. Shin +4
Laser induced electronic excitations that spontaneously emit photons and decay directly to the initial ground state ("optical cycling transitions") are used in quantum information…