Co-trapping Ca$^+$ and BH$^+$

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Abstract

BH$^+$ is a candidate molecule for ion direct laser-cooling\footnote{J. H. V. Nguyen, C. R. Viteri, E. G. Hohenstein, C. D. Sherrill, K. R. Brown, and B. Odom, \textbf{New Journal of Physics} 13, 063023 (2011)}. We describe our apparatus for generating BH by ablation of a B target in a hydrogen jet. The BH molecules are then photoionized in a trap containing laser-cooled Ca$^+$. Finally plans and progress on the spectroscopy of sympathetically cooled BH$^+$ are presented.

Authors

  • Lu Qi

    • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA

  • Evan Reed

    • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA

  • Nikita Zemlevskiy

    • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA

  • Jimmy Shackford

    • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA

  • Jyothi Saraladevi

    • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA

  • Kenneth Brown

    • Duke University
    • Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Chemistry and Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA;