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most citedMagneto-optical trapping of a heavy polyatomic molecule for precision measurement

24 citations · 32 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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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-ph2025

High-sensitivity molecular spectroscopy of SrOH using magneto-optical trapping

Annika Lunstad, Hiromitsu Sawaoka, Zack Lasner +5

Polyatomic molecules are projected to be powerful tools in searches for physics beyond the Standard Model (BSM), including new CP-violating (CPV) interactions and ultralight dark m…

physics.atom-ph2025★ 1 cited

Optical Trapping of SrOH Molecules for Dark Matter and T-violation Searches

Hiromitsu Sawaoka, Abdullah Nasir, Annika Lunstad +4

We report an optical dipole trap of strontium monohydroxide (SrOH) with 1400(300) trapped molecules. Through optical pumping, we access vibrational states that are proposed for imp…

physics.atom-ph2024★ 24 cited

Magneto-optical trapping of a heavy polyatomic molecule for precision measurement

Zack D. Lasner, Alexander Frenett, Hiromitsu Sawaoka +10

We report a magneto-optical trap of strontium monohydroxide (SrOH) containing 2000(600) molecules at a temperature of 1.2(3) mK. The lifetime is 91(9) ms, which is limited by decay…

physics.atom-ph2022★ 7 cited

Zeeman-Sisyphus Deceleration for Heavy Molecules with Perturbed Excited-State Structure

Hiromitsu Sawaoka, Alexander Frenett, Abdullah Nasir +4

We demonstrate and characterize Zeeman-Sisyphus (ZS) deceleration of a beam of ytterbium monohydroxide (YbOH). Our method uses a combination of large magnetic fields ( 2.5 T)…

physics.atom-ph2021

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…