Optical cycling in polyatomic molecules with complex hyperfine structure

Autor:	Zeng, Yi, Jadbabaie, Arian, Patel, Ashay N., Yu, Phelan, Steimle, Timothy C., Hutzler, Nicholas R.
Rok vydání:	2023
Předmět:	Physics - Atomic Physics Physics - Chemical Physics
Zdroj:	Phys. Rev. A 108, 012813 (2023)
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
DOI:	10.1103/PhysRevA.108.012813
Popis:	We have developed and demonstrated a scheme to achieve rotationally-closed photon cycling in polyatomic molecules with complex hyperfine structure and sensitivity to hadronic symmetry violation, specifically $^{171}$YbOH and $^{173}$YbOH. We calculate rotational branching ratios for spontaneous decay and identify repumping schemes which use electro-optical modulators (EOMs) to address the hyperfine structure. We demonstrate our scheme by cycling photons in a molecular beam and verify that we have achieved rotationally-closed cycling by measuring optical pumping into unaddressed vibrational states. Our work makes progress along the path toward utilizing photon cycling for state preparation, readout, and laser cooling in precision measurements of polyatomic molecules with complex hyperfine structure. Comment: 10 pages, 7 figures
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/2304.14548 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv