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20202026
most citedMagneto-Optical Trapping and Sub-Doppler Cooling of a Polyatomic Molecule

192 citations · 309 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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16 papers

physics.atom-ph2026

Order of Magnitude Improved Optical Trapping of Molecules Through Transverse Cooling

Abdullah Nasir, Annika Lunstad, Mingda Li +5

We demonstrate a two-dimensional Sisyphus laser cooling method that increases the number of strontium monohydroxide (SrOH) molecules loaded into a magneto-optical trap by a factor…

physics.atom-ph2026

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…

physics.atom-ph2025★ 1 cited

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…

physics.atom-ph2024

Conveyor-belt magneto-optical trapping of molecules

Grace K. Li, Christian Hallas, John M. Doyle

Laser cooling is used to produce ultracold atoms and molecules for quantum science and precision measurement applications. Molecules are more challenging to cool than atoms due to…

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-ph2024★ 5 cited

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…