Magneto-optical Trap for Polar Molecules
Magneto-optical Trap for Polar Molecules
We propose a method for laser cooling and trapping a substantial class of polar molecules and, in particular, titanium (II) oxide (TiO). This method uses pulsed electric fields to nonadiabatically remix the ground-state magnetic sublevels of the molecule, allowing one to build a magneto-optical trap based on a quasicycling ${J}^{\ensuremath{'}}={J}^{\ensuremath{'}\ensuremath{'}}\ensuremath{-}1$ …