News
1.22.2024
Our work on Raman sideband cooling of molecules has been published in Nature Physics!
12.7.2023
Our work on deterministically entangling molecules and implementing a molecular 2-qubit gate has been published Science!
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11.9.2023
Check out our latest work on realizing a blue-detuned MOT of CaF molecules well below the Doppler limit!Â
9.1.2023
Incoming first year grad student Callum Welsh joins us. Welcome Callum!
8.4.2023
Our work on bichromatic imaging of single molecules in a tweezer array is published in PRL and selected for an editor's suggestion!
10.12.2022
Check out our latest work on creating a two-qubit gate for molecules and entangling them on-demand!
09.01.2022
Incoming first year grad student Samuel Li joins us. Welcome Samuel!
08.25.2022
Check out our recent work on a new imaging scheme for single molecules in optical tweezers!
04.05.2022
Nassau Hall with concatenated images of rearranged 1D molecular arrays
03.29.2022
Near-saturated loading of a 37-site molecular tweezer array.
02.28.2022
Scaling up to more tweezer traps.
02.21.2022
Rearranged array of 6 molecules.
02.15.2022
Lawrence receives the Sloan Research fellowship from the Sloan Foundation!
01.22.2022
A different and better imaging scheme.
01.22.2022
Coherent control of rotational state.
12.22.2021
Some rotational spectroscopy.
12.04.2021
Stumbling upon a magic wavelength.
11.30.2021
Characterizing a new imaging scheme.
10.01.2021
Molecules in trapped in an optical tweezer array!
09.09.2021
Check out our latest work on molecular laser-cooling in dynamically-tuned repulsive traps!
07.09.2021
Microscope objective alignment in progress...
06.28.2021
New vacuum viewports installed; back under UHV!
06.11.2021
Our re-entrant vacuum viewports have finally arrived!
05.24.2021
Just for fun, creating and combining an array of optical lattice traps.
05.14.2021
Optical dipole trap characterized and loading optimized, for now...
05.03.2021
High-resolution microscope objective interferometrically aligned.
04.28.2021
Permanent magnet coils wound!
03.30.2021
Optically trapped CaF molecules with in-situ imaging!
03.30.2021
Installing our in-vacuum interferometry target.
03.15.2021
Our work on synthesizing optical spectra with computer holography techniques is now in NJP!
03.07.2021
First signal of Lambda-enhanced sub-Doppler cooling!
02.22.2021
MOT loading (0.25x speed)
02.19.2021
Molecular MOT of CaF!
02.19.2021
Zero velocity molecules
02.18.2021
MOT optics...
01.06.2021
Some signs of molecular beam slowing...
01.01.2021
Check out our preprint on generating optical spectra via computer hologrpahy techniques!
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2012.15850.pdf
12.31.2020
Molecular source emission characterization.
11.20.2020
UHV chamber assembly in progress
10.26.2020
Some laser work...
10.19.2020
Characterizing molecule production...
10.08.2020
First molecules!
09.24.2020
First cooldown with shields, buffer gas cell, etc.
09.21.2020
Lab move-in
09.19.2020
Final assembly
09.18.2020
Cryogenic heat shields assembled!
08.24.2020
Labs are almost ready...
07.13.2020
Connor, Michael and Yukai lowering pulse tube into beambox.
06.23.2020
In-person research resumed. First look at beambox.
03.05.2020
Frequency reference/stabilization setup
02.07.2020
Electronics galore
01.16.2020
Temporary optics space in the Bakr Lab.
01.16.2020
Our new lab space, to be renovated...
09.01.2019
Welcome Connor Holland and Yukai Lu!
