Publications

Sympathetic cooling and slowing of molecules with Rydberg atoms
C. Zhang, S. T. Rittenhouse, T. V. Tscherbul, H. R. Sadeghpour, N. R. Hutzler
Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 033001 (2024) 

Quantum Control of Trapped Polyatomic Molecules for eEDM Searches
L. Anderegg, N. B. Vilas, C. Hallas, P. Robichaud, A. Jadbabaie, J. M. Doyle, N. R. Hutzler
Science 382, 665 (2023)

Quantum-Enhanced Metrology for Molecular Symmetry Violation using Decoherence-Free Subspaces
C. Zhang, P. Yu, A. Jadbabaie, N. R. Hutzler
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 193602 (2023)

Engineering field-insensitive molecular clock transitions for symmetry violation searches
Y. Takahashi, C. Zhang, A. Jadbabaie, N. R. Hutzler
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 183003 (2023)
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Intensity-borrowing mechanisms pertinent to laser cooling of linear polyatomic molecules
C. Zhang, N. R. Hutzler, L. Cheng
J. Chem. Theory Comput. 19, 4136 (2023)

Nonresonant cavity for multipass laser intensity buildup
Y. Zeng and N. R. Hutzler
Applied Optics 62, 3574 (2023) 

Optical cycling in polyatomic molecules with complex hyperfine structure
Y. Zeng, A. Jadbabaie, A. N. Patel, P. Yu, T. C. Steimle, N. R. Hutzler
Phys. Rev. A 108, 012813 (2023) 

Direct measurement of high-lying vibrational repumping transitions for molecular laser cooling
N. H. Pilgram, A. Jadbabaie, C. J. Conn, N. R. Hutzler
Phys. Rev. A 107, 062805 (2023) [Editor's Suggestion]

Characterizing the Fundamental Bending Vibration of a Linear Polyatomic Molecule for Symmetry Violation Searches
A. Jadbabaie, Y. Takahashi, N. H. Pilgram, C. J. Conn, Y. Zeng, C. Zhang, N. R. Hutzler
New J. Phys. 25, 073014 (2023)

Zeeman-Sisyphus Deceleration for Heavy Molecules with Perturbed Excited-State Structure
H. Sawaoka, A. Frenett, A. Nasir, T. Ono, B. L. Augenbraun, T. C. Steimle, J. M. Doyle
Phys. Rev. A 107, 022810 (2023)

Optical Trapping of a Polyatomic Molecule in an ℓ-Type Parity Doublet State
C. Hallas, N. B. Vilas, L. Anderegg, P. Robichaud, A. Winnicki, C. Zhang, L. Cheng, J. M. Doyle
Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 153202  (2023)

Vibronic branching ratios for nearly closed rapid photon cycling of SrOH
Z. Lasner, A. Lunstad, C. Zhang, L.  Cheng, and J. M. Doyle
Phys. Rev. A 106, L020801 (2022)

Zeeman-Sisyphus Deceleration of Molecular Beams
B. L. Augenbraun, A. Frenett, H. Sawaoka, C. Hallas, N. B. Vilas, A. Nasir, Z. D. Lasner, J. M. Doyle
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 263002 (2021)

Fine and hyperfine interactions in 171YbOH and 173YbOH
N. H. Pilgram, A. Jadbabaie, Y. Zeng, N. R. Hutzler, T. C. Steimle
J. Chem Phys. 154, 244309 (2021)

Accurate prediction and measurement of vibronic branching ratios for laser cooling linear polyatomic molecules
C. Zhang, B. L. Augenbraun, Z. D. Lasner, N. B. Vilas, J. M. Doyle, L. Cheng
J. Chem. Phys. 155, 091101  (2021)

Observation and laser spectroscopy of ytterbium monomethoxide, YbOCH3
B. L. Augenbraun, Z. D. Lasner, A. Frenett, H, Sawaoka, A. T. Le, J. M. Doyle, and T. C. Steimle
Phys. Rev. A 103, 022814 (2021)

Study of electronic structure of ytterbium monohydroxide molecule to search for axionlike particles
D. E. Maison, V. V. Flambaum, N. R. Hutzler, L. V. Skripnikov
Phys. Rev. A 103, 022813 (2021)

Enhanced Molecular Yield from a Cryogenic Buffer Gas Beam Source via Excited State Chemistry
A. Jadbabaie, N. H. Pilgram, J. Kłos, S. Kotochigova, N. R. Hutzler
New J. Phys. 22, 022002 (2020)

Laser-Cooled Polyatomic Molecules for Improved Electron Electric Dipole Moment Searches
B. L. Augenbraun, Z. D. Lasner, A. Frenett, H. Sawaoka, C. Miller, T. C. Steimle, J. M. Doyle
New J. Phys. 22, 022003 (2020)

Branching ratios, radiative lifetimes and transition dipole moments for YbOH
E. T. Mengesha, A. T. Le, T. C. Steimle, L. Cheng, C. Zhang, B. L. Augenbraun, Z. Lasner, J. M. Doyle
J. Chem. Phys. A 124, 3135 (2020)

Field-free, Stark, and Zeeman spectroscopy of the A2Π1/2 − X2Σ+ transition of ytterbium monohydroxide
T. C. Steimle, C. Linton, E. T. Mengesha, X. Bai, and A. T. Le
Phys. Rev. A 100, 052509 (2019)

Enhancement factor for the electric dipole moment of the electron in the BaOH and YbOH molecules
M. Denis, P. A. B. Haase, R. G. E. Timmermans, E. Eliav, N. R. Hutzler, and A. Borschevsky
Phys. Rev. A 99, 042512 (2019)

The pure rotational spectrum of YbOH
S. Nakhate, T. C. Steimle, N. H. Pilgram, N. R. Hutzler
Chem. Phys. Lett. 715, 105 (2019)

Precision Measurement of Time-Reversal Symmetry Violation with Laser-Cooled Polyatomic Molecules
I. Kozyryev and N. R. Hutzler
Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 133002 (2017)