Jul 17 – 22, 2022
Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto
America/Toronto timezone

A cold and slow beam of CH radicals for laser cooling and trapping experiments

Jul 19, 2022, 5:00 PM
1h 30m
Hart House (Hart House)

Hart House

Hart House

7 Hart House Cir, Toronto, ON M5S 3H3
Poster presentation Structure and properties of atoms, ions, and molecules Poster session

Description

Techniques to directly laser cool and trap molecules at ultracold temperatures have revealed a new path towards the full quantum control of a diverse range of species with a variety of internal structures. Our experiment will capitalize on this generality by directly laser cooling and trapping CH radicals for tests of ultracold organic chemistry. The low mass and blue optical transitions in this species lead to high recoil velocities which can significantly reduce the photon budget and rovibrational closure needed to slow, cool and trap a molecular beam from our cryogenic source. Here we will present the latest results characterizing our slow molecular beam and probing the chemistry of CH radicals at ~1 K.

*This work is supported by the AFOSR and the University of Connecticut, including a Research Excellence Award from the Office of the Vice President for Research.

Presenter name Daniel McCarron
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Primary authors

Mr Jamie Shaw (University of Connecticut) Mr Joseph Schnaubelt (University of Connecticut) Prof. John Montgomery (University of Connecticut) Daniel McCarron (University of Connecticut)

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