Optical pulse-shaping for internal cooling of molecules

Details Optical pulse-shaping for internal cooling of molecules Optical pulse-shaping for internal cooling of molecules

2011-04-15

arxiv.org/abs/1104.3177v4

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, 13, 18825-18829

Physics

Atomic Physics

Scientific paper

10.1039/c1cp21201j

We consider the use of pulse-shaped broadband femtosecond lasers to optically cool rotational and vibrational degrees of freedom of molecules. Since this approach relies on cooling rotational and vibrational quanta by exciting an electronic transition, it is most easily applicable to molecules with similar ground and excited potential energy surfaces, such that the vibrational state is usually unchanged during electronic relaxation. Compared with schemes that cool rotations by exciting vibrations, this approach achieves internal cooling on the orders-of- magnitude faster electronic decay timescale and is potentially applicable to apolar molecules. For AlH+, a candidate species, a rate-equation simulation indicates that rovibrational equilibrium should be achievable in 8 \mu s. In addition, we report laboratory demonstration of optical pulse shaping with sufficient resolution and power for rotational cooling of AlH+.

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