An optical cycling center (OCC) is a recent term describing two electronic states within a quantum object undergoing repeated optical laser excitation and spontaneous decay, while being isolated from its environment. The authors present ab-initio calculations of the ground and excited electronic and vibronic states of the polyatomic molecule SrOH providing detailed understanding of the complex molecular cooling processes with an OCC.
- Ming Li
- Jacek Kłos
- Svetlana Kotochigova
