An optical centrifuge with zero rotational acceleration
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| author | Wang, K. Hardikar, A. Milner, A. A. Milner, V. |
| author_facet | Wang, K. Hardikar, A. Milner, A. A. Milner, V. |
| contents | An optical centrifuge is a laser pulse which enables controlled rotational excitation of molecules. Centrifuged molecules rotating with well-defined angular frequencies are ideal candidates to probe many-body quantum systems at the nanoscale. Because the interaction with the quantum environment increases the effective moment of inertia of the embedded molecular probes, the required rotational acceleration of the optical centrifuge must be lowered to accommodate adiabatic spinning. We demonstrate a new design of an optical centrifuge, based on the method of spectral focusing, which enables extremely low, down to zero, rotational accelerations. We discuss the potential of using such constant frequency centrifuge to investigate molecular rotation inside helium nanodroplets. |
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| spellingShingle | An optical centrifuge with zero rotational acceleration Wang, K. Hardikar, A. Milner, A. A. Milner, V. Chemical Physics Optics An optical centrifuge is a laser pulse which enables controlled rotational excitation of molecules. Centrifuged molecules rotating with well-defined angular frequencies are ideal candidates to probe many-body quantum systems at the nanoscale. Because the interaction with the quantum environment increases the effective moment of inertia of the embedded molecular probes, the required rotational acceleration of the optical centrifuge must be lowered to accommodate adiabatic spinning. We demonstrate a new design of an optical centrifuge, based on the method of spectral focusing, which enables extremely low, down to zero, rotational accelerations. We discuss the potential of using such constant frequency centrifuge to investigate molecular rotation inside helium nanodroplets. |
| title | An optical centrifuge with zero rotational acceleration |
| topic | Chemical Physics Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.12689 |