Sympathetic cooling and slowing of molecules with Rydberg atoms
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| author | Zhang, Chi Rittenhouse, Seth T. Tscherbul, Timur V. Sadeghpour, H. R. Hutzler, Nicholas R. |
| author_facet | Zhang, Chi Rittenhouse, Seth T. Tscherbul, Timur V. Sadeghpour, H. R. Hutzler, Nicholas R. |
| contents | We propose to sympathetically slow and cool polar molecules in a cold, low-density beam using laser-cooled Rydberg atoms. The elastic collision cross sections between molecules and Rydberg atoms are large enough to efficiently thermalize the molecules even in a low density environment. Molecules traveling at 100 m/s can be stopped in under 30 collisions with little inelastic loss. Our method does not require photon scattering from the molecules and can be generically applied to complex species for applications in precision measurement, quantum information science, and controlled chemistry. |
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| publishDate | 2023 |
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| spellingShingle | Sympathetic cooling and slowing of molecules with Rydberg atoms Zhang, Chi Rittenhouse, Seth T. Tscherbul, Timur V. Sadeghpour, H. R. Hutzler, Nicholas R. Atomic Physics We propose to sympathetically slow and cool polar molecules in a cold, low-density beam using laser-cooled Rydberg atoms. The elastic collision cross sections between molecules and Rydberg atoms are large enough to efficiently thermalize the molecules even in a low density environment. Molecules traveling at 100 m/s can be stopped in under 30 collisions with little inelastic loss. Our method does not require photon scattering from the molecules and can be generically applied to complex species for applications in precision measurement, quantum information science, and controlled chemistry. |
| title | Sympathetic cooling and slowing of molecules with Rydberg atoms |
| topic | Atomic Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.01418 |