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Photo-Induced Quenching of the 229Th Isomer in a Solid-State Host
J. E. S. Terhune, R. Elwell, H. B. Tran Tan +5
The population dynamics of the 229Th isomeric state is studied in a solid-state host under laser illumination. A photoquenching process is observed, where off-resonant vacuum-ultra…
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…
Theory of internal conversion of the thorium-229 nuclear isomer in solid-state hosts
H. W. T. Morgan, H. B. Tran Tan, R. Elwell +3
Laser excitation of thorium-229 nuclei in doped wide bandgap crystals has been demonstrated recently, opening the possibility of developing ultrastable solid-state clocks and sensi…
229Th-doped nonlinear optical crystals for compact solid-state clocks
H. W. T. Morgan, R. Elwell, J. E. S. Terhune +5
The recent laser excitation of the 229Th isomeric transition in a solid-state host opens the door for a portable solid-state nuclear optical clock. However, at present the vacuum-u…
thin films for solid-state nuclear clocks
Chuankun Zhang, Lars von der Wense, Jack F. Doyle +11
After nearly fifty years of searching, the vacuum ultraviolet Th nuclear isomeric transition has recently been directly laser excited [1,2] and measured with high spectrosc…
Radiative Decay of the Th Nuclear Clock Isomer in Different Host Materials
S. V. Pineda, P. Chhetri, S. Bara +42
A comparative vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy study conducted at ISOLDE-CERN of the radiative decay of the Th nuclear clock isomer embedded in different host materials is…