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most citedAccurate prediction and measurement of vibronic branching ratios for laser cooling linear polyatomic molecules

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physics.atom-ph202147 cited

Accurate prediction and measurement of vibronic branching ratios for laser cooling linear polyatomic molecules

Chaoqun Zhang, Benjamin L. Augenbraun, Zack D. Lasner +3

We report a generally applicable computational and experimental approach to determine vibronic branching ratios in linear polyatomic molecules to the level, including for…

physics.atom-ph202037 cited

Observation and laser spectroscopy of ytterbium monomethoxide, YbOCH

Benjamin L. Augenbraun, Zack D. Lasner, Alexander Frenett +4

We describe a laser spectroscopic study of ytterbium monomethoxide, YbOCH, a species of interest to searches for time-reversal symmetry violation using laser-cooled molecules.…

physics.atom-ph2020

Branching ratios, radiative lifetimes and transition dipole moments for YbOH

Ephriem Tadesse Mengesha, Anh T. Le, Timothy C. Steimle +5

Medium resolution ( ~ 3 GHz) laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) excitation spectra of a rotationally cold sample of YbOH in the 17300-17950 cm range have been recorded usi…

physics.atom-ph2019

Laser-Cooled Polyatomic Molecules for Improved Electron Electric Dipole Moment Searches

Benjamin L. Augenbraun, Zack D. Lasner, Alexander Frenett +4

Doppler and Sisyphus cooling of YbOH are achieved and studied. This polyatomic molecule has high sensitivity to physics beyond the Standard Model and represents a new class…

physics.atom-ph2018

Statistical sensitivity of phase measurements via laser-induced fluorescence with optical cycling detection

Zack Lasner, David DeMille

In atomic and molecular phase measurements using laser-induced fluorescence detection, optical cycling can enhance the effective photon detection efficiency and hence improve sensi…

physics.atom-ph2018

Enhanced Sensitivity to Ultralight Bosonic Dark Matter in the Spectra of the Linear Radical SrOH

Ivan Kozyryev, Zack Lasner, John M. Doyle

Coupling between Standard Model particles and theoretically well-motivated ultralight dark matter (UDM) candidates can lead to time variation of fundamental constants including the…