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| author | Wolf, Fabian Heip, Jan C. Zawierucha, Maximilian J. Shi, Chunyan Ospelkaus, Silke Schmidt, Piet O. |
| author_facet | Wolf, Fabian Heip, Jan C. Zawierucha, Maximilian J. Shi, Chunyan Ospelkaus, Silke Schmidt, Piet O. |
| contents | Precision spectroscopy has been the driving force for progress of our physical understanding and still is a promising tool for the investigation of new physics. Molecules offer transitions which allow tests that are not possible in atomic systems. However, usually precision spectroscopy of molecules is challenging due to the lack of cycling transitions for state preparation and state detection. For molecular ions, this obstacle can be overcome by quantum logic spectroscopy, where dissipation for state preparation and detection is provided by a co-trapped atomic ion exploiting the shared eigenstates of motion. Here, we propose a full quantum logic spectroscopy scheme for molecular oxygen ions and theoretically investigate the feasibility of quantum logic assisted state detection and preparation. Furthermore, we provide coupling rates for a direct single-photon quadrupole excitation of a vibrational overtone transition that can serve as a sensitive transition for tests of a possible variation of the proton-to-electron mass ratio. |
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| spellingShingle | Prospect for precision quantum logic spectroscopy of vibrational overtone transitions in molecular oxygen ions Wolf, Fabian Heip, Jan C. Zawierucha, Maximilian J. Shi, Chunyan Ospelkaus, Silke Schmidt, Piet O. Atomic Physics Quantum Physics Precision spectroscopy has been the driving force for progress of our physical understanding and still is a promising tool for the investigation of new physics. Molecules offer transitions which allow tests that are not possible in atomic systems. However, usually precision spectroscopy of molecules is challenging due to the lack of cycling transitions for state preparation and state detection. For molecular ions, this obstacle can be overcome by quantum logic spectroscopy, where dissipation for state preparation and detection is provided by a co-trapped atomic ion exploiting the shared eigenstates of motion. Here, we propose a full quantum logic spectroscopy scheme for molecular oxygen ions and theoretically investigate the feasibility of quantum logic assisted state detection and preparation. Furthermore, we provide coupling rates for a direct single-photon quadrupole excitation of a vibrational overtone transition that can serve as a sensitive transition for tests of a possible variation of the proton-to-electron mass ratio. |
| title | Prospect for precision quantum logic spectroscopy of vibrational overtone transitions in molecular oxygen ions |
| topic | Atomic Physics Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.05584 |