Laser Cooling and Trapping of Diatomic Molecules
Abstract
The overall theme of this work is to continue developing methods for direct laser cooling and trapping of molecules, and specifically the diatomic molecule SrF. This builds off our recent demonstration of the first-ever magneto-optical trap (MOT) for a molecule. The MOT is the workhorse technique for creating ultracold atomic gases, and we are working to make the molecular MOT a similarly powerful and versatile tool. The specific major goals of this work include: --Increase the phase-space density of SrF molecules trapped in a MOT --Transfer SrF molecules to a conservative trap --Study ultracold atom-molecule and/or molecule-molecule collisions using SrF --Apply large optical forces to molecules using a novel tunable laser system
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Sep 11, 2018
- Source ID
- W911NF1510618
Entities
People
- David DeMille
Organizations
- Army Contracting Command
- United States Army
- Yale University