Title :
Production of ultracold molecular ion
Author :
Chen, Kuang ; Schowalter, Steven J. ; Kotochigova, S. ; Petrov, Alexander ; Rellergert, Wade G. ; Sullivan, Scott T. ; Hudson, Eric R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We present experimental data to produce ultracold, internal ground-state molecular ions via sympathetic cooling with ultracold atoms. Ultracold molecular ions find applications in ultracold chemistry, precision measurement and quantum computation.
Keywords :
ab initio calculations; barium compounds; ground states; laser cooling; molecule-photon collisions; positive ions; BaCl+; internal ground-state molecular ions; precision measurement; quantum computation; ultracold atom cooling; ultracold chemistry; ultracold molecular ion; Atomic beams; Chemistry; Cooling; Electron traps; Ions; Optical buffering;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
