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A Rydberg atom array coupled to a high-cooperativity optical cavity
Tai Xiang, Yue-Hui Lu, Tsai-Chen Lee +6
Integrating Rydberg-state control of atom-atom interactions with cavity control of atom-light interactions enables the combination of local entangling operations with photon-mediat…
Rapid Cavity-Based Mid-Circuit Measurement and Feedforward in a Neutral Atom Array
Tsai-Chen Lee, Jacquelyn Ho, Yue-Hui Lu +4
Measuring part of a quantum system in the midst of its evolution and acting on the result in real time is essential for numerous quantum information protocols. Neutral-atom arrays…
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…
Parity-Doublet Coherence Times in Optically Trapped Polyatomic Molecules
Paige Robichaud, Christian Hallas, Junheng Tao +3
Polyatomic molecules provide complex internal structures that are ideal for applications in quantum information science, quantum simulation, and precision searches for physics beyo…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Zeeman-Sisyphus Deceleration of Molecular Beams
Benjamin L. Augenbraun, Alexander Frenett, Hiromitsu Sawaoka +5
We present a robust, continuous molecular decelerator that employs high magnetic fields and few optical pumping steps. CaOH molecules are slowed, accumulating at low velocities in…
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…
Establishing a nearly closed cycling transition in a polyatomic molecule
Louis Baum, Nathaniel B. Vilas, Christian Hallas +4
We study optical cycling in the polar free radical calcium monohydroxide (CaOH) and establish an experimental path towards scattering photons. We report rovibronic bra…
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…
1D Magneto-Optical Trap of Polyatomic Molecules
Louis Baum, Nathaniel B. Vilas, Christian Hallas +4
We demonstrate a 1D magneto-optical trap of the polar free radical calcium monohydroxide (CaOH). A quasi-closed cycling transition is established to scatter photons per…
High-precision measurements and theoretical calculations of indium excited-state polarizabilities
N. B. Vilas, B. -Y. Wang, P. M. Rupasinghe +4
We report measurements of the In and scalar and tensor polarizabilities using two-step diode laser spectroscopy in an atomic beam. The scalar polariza…