Radiative Force from Optical Cycling on a Diatomic Molecule

被引：175

作者：

Shuman, E. S. ^{[1
]}

Barry, J. F. ^{[1
]}

Glenn, D. R. ^{[1
]}

DeMille, D. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Yale Univ, Dept Phys, New Haven, CT 06520 USA

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2009年 / 103卷 / 22期

关键词：

SRF;

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.223001

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We demonstrate a scheme for optical cycling in the polar, diatomic molecule strontium monofluoride (SrF) using the X-2 Sigma(+)-> A(2)Pi(1/2) electronic transition. SrF's highly diagonal Franck-Condon factors suppress vibrational branching. We eliminate rotational branching by employing a quasicycling N=1 -> N-'=0 type transition in conjunction with magnetic field remixing of dark Zeeman sublevels. We observe cycling fluorescence and deflection through radiative force of an SrF molecular beam using this scheme. With straightforward improvements our scheme promises to allow more than 10(5) photon scatters, possibly enabling the direct laser cooling of SrF.

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