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High Compression Blue-Detuned Magneto-Optical Trap of Polyatomic Molecules

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arxiv 2404.03636 v1 pith:ME3VO6NC submitted 2024-04-04 physics.atom-ph

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We demonstrate a blue-detuned magneto-optical trap (MOT) of a polyatomic molecule, calcium monohydroxide (CaOH). We identify a novel MOT frequency configuration that produces high spatial compression of the molecular cloud. This high compression MOT achieves a cloud radius of $59(5)~\mu\text{m}$ and a peak density of $8(2) \times 10^8~\text{cm}^{-3}$, the highest reported density for a molecular MOT to date. We compare our experimental studies of blue-detuned MOTs for CaOH and compare with Monte-Carlo simulations, finding good agreement.

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  1. Trapping and cooling mechanisms in blue-detuned magneto-optical traps of molecules

    physics.atom-ph 2026-01 conditional novelty 7.0 of 10

    Trapping in blue-detuned molecular MOTs is caused by a Zeeman-induced dark state, not by the standard Doppler force.

  2. Magneto-Optical Trapping of a Metal Hydride Molecule

    physics.atom-ph 2025-12 accept novelty 7.0 of 10

    A magneto-optical trap for CaH molecules is demonstrated, trapping about 230 molecules at sub-millikelvin temperatures with lifetimes up to 30 ms.

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

    physics.atom-ph 2025-09 accept novelty 6.0 of 10

    An optical dipole trap holds about 1,400 SrOH molecules, and eEDM- and dark-matter-sensitive vibrational states show lifetimes of 135 to 320 ms, consistent with radiative decay.

  4. Blue-detuned Magneto-optical Trap of BaF molecules

    physics.atom-ph 2025-06 conditional novelty 6.0 of 10

    A conveyor-belt blue-detuned MOT compresses trapped BaF molecules to 320 um, 240 uK, and a peak density of 1.3e7 cm^-3, a 50x density improvement over the red MOT.

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