Published January 19, 2024
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Sympathetic Cooling and Slowing of Molecules with Rydberg Atoms
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California Institute of Technology
Abstract
We propose to sympathetically slow and cool polar molecules in a cold, low-density beam using laser-cooled Rydberg atoms. The elastic collision cross sections between molecules and Rydberg atoms are large enough to efficiently thermalize the molecules even in a low-density environment. Molecules traveling at 100 m/s can be stopped in under 30 collisions with little inelastic loss. Our method does not require photon scattering from the molecules and can be generically applied to complex species for applications in precision measurement, quantum information science, and controlled chemistry.
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© 2024 American Physical Society.
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- 1079-7114
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- https://journals.aps.org/prl/supplemental/10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.033001/Spplemental_Material_v2.pdf (URL)
Funding
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- GBMF7947
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- G-2019-12502
- California Institute of Technology
- David and Ellen Lee Postdoctoral Fellowship
- National Science Foundation
- PHY-2045681
- Harvard University