Search Results - "Odom, Brian C"
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Broadband optical cooling of molecular rotors from room temperature to the ground state
Published in Nature communications (02-09-2014)“…Laser cycling of resonances can remove entropy from a system via spontaneously emitted photons, with electronic resonances providing the fastest cooling…”
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Enhancing reactivity of SiO+ ions by controlled excitation to extreme rotational states
Published in Nature communications (24-07-2023)“…Optical pumping of molecules provides unique opportunities for control of chemical reactions at a wide range of rotational energies. This work reports a…”
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Precisely spun super rotors
Published in Nature communications (13-04-2021)“…Improved optical control of molecular quantum states promises new applications including chemistry in the quantum regime, precision tests of fundamental…”
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Optical Pumping of TeH+: Implications for the Search for Varying mp/me
Published in Atoms (01-09-2018)“…Molecular overtone transitions provide optical frequency transitions sensitive to variation in the proton-to-electron mass ratio ( μ ≡ m p / m e ). However,…”
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Cooling of a Zero-Nuclear-Spin Molecular Ion to a Selected Rotational State
Published in Physical review letters (11-09-2020)“…We demonstrate rotational cooling of the silicon monoxide cation via optical pumping by a spectrally filtered broadband laser. Compared with diatomic hydrides,…”
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Enabling Lasing Action in Hybrid Atomic–Nanophotonic Integrated Structures
Published in Annalen der Physik (01-10-2018)“…The incorporation of neutral atoms in nanophotonic structures offers significant potential to realize novel quantum optical devices. Here, the possibility of…”
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Trapped Ion Chain Thermometry and Mass Spectrometry through Imaging
Published in European journal of mass spectrometry (Chichester, England) (01-01-2016)“…We demonstrate a spatial-imaging thermometry technique for ions in a one-dimensional Coulomb crystal by relating their imaged spatial extent along the linear…”
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IP determination and 1+1 REMPI spectrum of SiO at 210–220 nm in an ion trap: Implications for SiO+ ion trap loading
Published in Journal of molecular spectroscopy (01-01-2019)“…[Display omitted] •One color resonant enhanced multiphoton ionization spectrum.•Ionization Potential determination of SiO.•Efficient method for loading of cold…”
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Electronic spectroscopy of a cold SiO+ sample: Implications for optical pumping
Published in Journal of molecular spectroscopy (01-02-2017)“…[Display omitted] •First cold molecular beam study of SiO+.•Support for optical cooling of trapped sample.•Transition dipole moment determination.•Branching…”
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Rotational state analysis of AlH+ by two-photon dissociation
Published in Journal of molecular spectroscopy (01-06-2014)“…[Display omitted] •We calculate photodissociation cross-sections relevant for rotational state detection of AlH+.•We experimentally confirm dissociation…”
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Rocketry and Resistance: The Evolution of Racial Discourse in Space Age Huntsville, Alabama, 1961–1968
Published 01-01-2019“…This dissertation argues that the intersection of the civil rights movement and the space program in the Huntsville, Alabama in the 1960s created a unique…”
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Features of Molecular Structure Beneficial for Optical Pumping
Published 30-08-2022“…Fast and efficient state preparation of molecules can be accomplished by optical pumping. Molecular structure that most obviously facilitates cycling involves…”
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Rotational control of reactivity: Reaction of SiO$^+$ ions in extreme rotational states
Published 19-09-2022“…Optical pumping of molecules provides unique opportunities for the control of chemical reactions at a wide range of rotational energies. Chemical reactivity…”
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Protocol for Optically Pumping AlH$^+$ to a Pure Quantum State
Published 07-09-2020“…We propose an optical pumping scheme to prepare trapped $\mathrm{AlH}^+$ molecules in a pure state, the stretched hyperfine state $\lvert F=\frac{7}{2},\,…”
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High extinction amplitude modulation in ultrashort pulse shaping
Published 14-10-2016“…We explored the issues related to the resolution and the modulation extinction when filtering the spectrum of a UV femtosecond laser with a standard ultrashort…”
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Cooling of a Zero-Nuclear-Spin Molecular Ion to a Selected Rotational State
Published 29-07-2020“…Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 113201 (2020) We demonstrate rotational cooling of the silicon monoxide cation via optical pumping by a spectrally filtered broadband…”
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IP determination and 1+1 REMPI spectrum of SiO at 210-220 nm with implications for SiO$^{+}$ ion trap loading
Published 24-10-2017“…Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy Volume 355, January 2019, Pages 40-45 The 1+1 REMPI spectrum of SiO in the 210-220 nm range is recorded. Observed bands are…”
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Coherent light generation in hybrid atomic-nanophotonic integrated structures
Published 25-09-2017“…The integration of neutral atoms with nanophotonic structures offer significant potential as a versatile platform to explore fundamental light-matter…”
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Precisely Spun Super Rotors
Published 30-06-2021“…Nature Commun. 12, 2201 (2021) Improved optical control of molecular quantum states promises new applications including chemistry in the quantum regime,…”
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Prospects for Polar Molecular Ion Optical Probe of Varying Proton-Electron Mass Ratio
Published 16-06-2018“…Phys. Rev. A 98, 052513 (2018) Molecules with deep vibrational potential wells provide optical intervals sensitive to variation in the proton-electron mass…”
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