Extended Data Figure 2: Slowing laser spectra. | Nature

Extended Data Figure 2: Slowing laser spectra.

From: Magneto-optical trapping of a diatomic molecule

Extended Data Figure 2

a, Scale diagram showing the frequency extent of the , and slowing lasers (vertical red bars) relative to the four SR/HF manifolds of the X2Σ(v = 0, 1, 2; N = 1) states of SrF (horizontal black bars to right). The relative splittings of the four SR/HF levels in the X2Σ(N = 1) state are the same to within 1 MHz for v = 0, 1, 2 (ref. 31). The dashed lines mark the centres of the N = 1 SR/HF levels for the labelled velocity, and the level structure shown corresponds to v = 0 m s−1. b, Optimized spectral profiles of the three slowing lasers. The upper x axis shows velocity for a Doppler shift equivalent to the frequency labelled on the lower x axis. The light is modulated via a fibre EOM with fmod = 3.5 MHz. The and lasers are each modulated by passing through two bulk EOMs with resonant frequencies at 40 MHz and 9 MHz.

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