Radiative lifetime of the A Π 1 / 2 2 state in RaF with relevance to laser cooling

Athanasakis-Kaklamanakis, M.; Wilkins, S. G.; Lassègues, P.; Lalanne, L.; Reilly, J. R.; Ahmad, O.; Au, M.; Bai, S. W.; Berbalk, J.; Bernerd, C.; Borschevsky, A.; Breier, A. A.; Chrysalidis, K.; Cocolios, T. E.; de Groote, R. P.; Fajardo-Zambrano, C. M.; Flanagan, K. T.; Franchoo, S.; Ruiz, R. F. Garcia; Hanstorp, D.; Heinke, R.; Imgram, P.; Koszorús, Á.; Kyuberis, A. A.; Lim, J.; Liu, Y. C.; Lynch, K. M.; McGlone, A.; Mei, W. C.; Neyens, G.; Nies, L.; Oleynichenko, A. V.; Raggio, A.; Rothe, S.; Skripnikov, L. V.; Smets, E.; van den Borne, B.; Warbinek, J.; Wessolek, J.; Yang, X. F.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.110.L010802

Radiative lifetime of the $A$ ${}^{2}Π_{1 / 2}$ state in RaF with relevance to laser cooling

Journal Article · Mon Jul 22 00:00:00 EDT 2024 · Physical Review A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.110.L010802· OSTI ID:2406098

; Wilkins, S. G.; Lassègues, P.; Lalanne, L.; Reilly, J. R.; Ahmad, O.; ; Bai, S. W.; Berbalk, J.; Bernerd, C.; ; ; Chrysalidis, K.; ; ; ; ; Franchoo, S.; Ruiz, R. F. Garcia; Hanstorp, D. more »

The radiative lifetime of the $A {}^{2}Π_{1 / 2}$ $(v = 0)$ state in radium monofluoride (RaF) is measured to be 35(1) ns. The lifetime of this state and the related decay rate $Γ = 2.86 (8) \times 10^{7}$ $s^{- 1}$ are of relevance to the laser cooling of RaF via the optically closed $A {}^{2}Π_{1 / 2} \leftarrow X {}^{2}Σ_{1 / 2}$ transition, which makes the molecule a promising probe to search for new physics. RaF is found to have a comparable photon-scattering rate to homoelectronic laser-coolable molecules. Owing to its highly diagonal Franck-Condon matrix, it is expected to scatter an order of magnitude more photons than other molecules when using just three cooling lasers, before it decays to a dark state. The lifetime measurement in RaF is benchmarked by measuring the lifetime of the $8 P_{3 / 2}$ state in Fr to be 83(3) ns, in agreement with literature.

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Research Organization:: Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0021176

OSTI ID:: 2406098

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 2578973

Journal Information:: Physical Review A, Journal Name: Physical Review A Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 110; ISSN PLRAAN; ISSN 2469-9926

Publisher:: American Physical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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