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most citedVibronic coupling limits the use of high-lying electronic states in complex molecules for laser cooling

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physics.chem-ph2025

Unraveling vibronic interactions in molecules functionalized with optical cycling centers

Pawel Wojcik, Haowen Zhou, Taras Khvorost +7

We report detailed characterization of the vibronic interactions between the first two electronically excited states, A and B, in SrOPh (Ph = phenyl, -C6H5) and its deuterated coun…

physics.atom-ph2025★ 2 cited

Vibronic coupling limits the use of high-lying electronic states in complex molecules for laser cooling

Haowen Zhou, Pawel Wojcik, Guo-Zhu Zhu +7

Laser cooling of large, complex molecules is a long-standing goal, instrumental for enabling new quantum technology and precision measurements. A primary consideration for the feas…

physics.chem-ph2024

Bottom-up approach to scalable growth of molecules capable of optical cycling

Guanming Lao, Taras Khvorost, Antonio Macias +10

Gas-phase molecules capable of repeatable, narrow-band spontaneous photon scattering are prized for direct laser cooling and quantum state detection. Recently, large molecules inco…

physics.chem-ph2023

Extending the large molecule limit: The role of Fermi resonance in developing a quantum functional group

Guo-Zhu Zhu, Guanming Lao, Claire E. Dickerson +4

Polyatomic molecules equipped with optical cycling centers (OCCs), enabling continuous photon scattering during optical excitation, are exciting candidates for advancing quantum in…

physics.atom-ph2022

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…