2016/03/13 by Ivan Kozyryev, Louis Baum, Kyle Matsuda +2 · 34 citations
Chemistry · Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic physics #Buffer gas #Chemistry #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Deflection (physics) #Laser #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Molecule #Optics #Photon #Physics #Polyatomic ion #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Radiation pressure #Radiative transfer #physics.atom-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0953-4075/49/13/134002
published in Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics 49(13), 134002 (IOP Publishing)
arxiv created 2016/03/13 · openalex publication_date 2016/06/01 · arxiv updated 2016/06/22 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We demonstrate multiple photon cycling and radiative force deflection on the triatomic free radical strontium monohydroxide (SrOH). Optical cycling is achieved on SrOH in a cryogenic buffer-gas beam by employing the rotationally closed branch of the vibronic transition . A single repumping laser excites the Sr–O stretching vibrational mode, and photon cycling of the molecule deflects the SrOH beam by an angle of via scattering of ∼100 photons per molecule. This approach can be used for direct laser cooling of SrOH and more complex, isoelectronic species.