Laser cooled YbF molecules for measuring the electron's electric dipole moment
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Journal Article
Abstract
We demonstrate one-dimensional sub-Doppler laser cooling of a beam of YbF molecules to 100 μK. This is a key step towards a measurement of the electron's electric dipole moment using ultracold molecules. We compare the effectiveness of magnetically-assisted and polarization-gradient sub-
Doppler cooling mechanisms. We model the experiment and fi nd good agreement with our data.
Doppler cooling mechanisms. We model the experiment and fi nd good agreement with our data.
Date Issued
2018-03-23
Date Acceptance
2017-12-08
Citation
Physical Review Letters, 2018, 120 (12)
ISSN
0031-9007
Publisher
American Physical Society
Journal / Book Title
Physical Review Letters
Volume
120
Issue
12
Replaces
10044/1/57476
Copyright Statement
© 2018 The Author(s). Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI.
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Commission of the European Communities
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E
European Research Council
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Science and Technology Facilities Council [2006-2012]
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Grant Number
320789
RF040529
320789
EP/M027716/1
ST/N000242/1
EP/H031103/1
ST/H000968/1
EP/J011401/1
EP/M027716/1
ST/N000242/1
ST/S000011/1
Subjects
Measuring eEDM
Lase cooling of molecules
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 123201
Date Publish Online
2018-03-22