Rotational excitation in sympathetic cooling of diatomic molecular ions by laser-cooled atomic ions
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| author | Berglund, J. Martin Drewsen, Michael Koch, Christiane P. |
| author_facet | Berglund, J. Martin Drewsen, Michael Koch, Christiane P. |
| contents | Sympathetic cooling of molecular ions through the Coulomb interaction with laser-cooled atomic ions is an efficient tool to prepare translationally cold molecules without, ideally, affecting the internal state of the molecular ions. However, the electric field due to the Coulomb interaction may induce rotational transitions that change the purity of initially quantum state prepared molecules. Here, we use estimates of rotational state changes in single collisions of diatomic ions with atomic ions [arXiv:1905.02130] to determine the overall rotational excitation accumulated over the sympathetic cooling. Considering two different experimental scenarios, that of a molecular ion co-trapped with a single atomic ion and a molecular ion immersed in a Coulomb crystal of atomic ions, we also estimate the cooling time. |
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| spellingShingle | Rotational excitation in sympathetic cooling of diatomic molecular ions by laser-cooled atomic ions Berglund, J. Martin Drewsen, Michael Koch, Christiane P. Quantum Physics Atomic Physics Sympathetic cooling of molecular ions through the Coulomb interaction with laser-cooled atomic ions is an efficient tool to prepare translationally cold molecules without, ideally, affecting the internal state of the molecular ions. However, the electric field due to the Coulomb interaction may induce rotational transitions that change the purity of initially quantum state prepared molecules. Here, we use estimates of rotational state changes in single collisions of diatomic ions with atomic ions [arXiv:1905.02130] to determine the overall rotational excitation accumulated over the sympathetic cooling. Considering two different experimental scenarios, that of a molecular ion co-trapped with a single atomic ion and a molecular ion immersed in a Coulomb crystal of atomic ions, we also estimate the cooling time. |
| title | Rotational excitation in sympathetic cooling of diatomic molecular ions by laser-cooled atomic ions |
| topic | Quantum Physics Atomic Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.22458 |