Abstract:We describe an approach to optically trapping small, closed-shell molecules at cryogenic temperatures by buffer-gas loading a deep optical dipole trap. The ∼10 K trap depth will be produced by a tightlyfocused, 1064-nm cavity capable of reaching intensities of hundreds of GW/cm 2 . Molecules will be directly buffer-gas loaded into the trap using a helium buffer gas at 1.5 K. The very far-off-resonant, quasi-electrostatic trapping mechanism is insensitive to a molecule's internal state, energy level structure, … Show more
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