Optical cycling of AlF molecules

Aluminium monofluoride (AlF) is a promising candidate for laser cooling and trapping at high densities. We show efficient production of AlF in a bright, pulsed cryogenic buffer gas beam, and demonstrate rapid optical cycling on the Q rotational lines of the A ^1 Π ↔ X ^1 Σ ^+ transition. We measure...

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Main Authors: S Hofsäss, M Doppelbauer, S C Wright, S Kray, B G Sartakov, J Pérez-Ríos, G Meijer, S Truppe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2021-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ac06e5