2018/08/03 by Alejandra L. Collopy, Shiqian Ding, Yewei Wu +5 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #physics.atom-ph #physics.chem-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.121.213201
published as Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 213201 (2018) · 5 pages, 4 figures
arxiv created 2018/08/03 · arxiv updated 2018/11/28
We report three-dimensional trapping of an oxide molecule (YO), using a radio-frequency magneto-optical trap (MOT). The total number of molecules loaded is ∼1.5×104 , with a temperature of 7(1)~mK. This diversifies the frontier of molecules that are laser coolable and paves the way for the second-stage narrow-line cooling in this molecule to the microkelvin regime. Futhermore, the new challenges of creating a 3-D MOT of YO resolved here indicate that MOTs of more complex non-linear molecules should be feasible as well.