Title :

Reassessing the potential of TlCl for laser cooling experiments via four-component correlated electronic structure calculations

Author(s) :

Severo Pereira Gomes, Andre [Auteur]
Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523 [PhLAM]
Physico-Chimie Moléculaire Théorique [PCMT]
Yuan, Xiang [Auteur]
Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523 [PhLAM]
Physico-Chimie Moléculaire Théorique [PCMT]

English keyword(s) :

Laser cooling of molecules
Relativistic Effects
thallium fluoride
thallium chloride
equation of motion coupled cluster
multireference configuration interaction

HAL domain(s) :

Chimie/Chimie théorique et/ou physique
Physique [physics]/Physique [physics]/Chimie-Physique [physics.chem-ph]

English abstract : [en]

The TlCl molecule has previously been investigated theoretically and proposed as promising candidates for laser cooling searches [X. Yuan et. al. J. Chem. Phys., 149, 094306, 2018]. From these results, the cooling process, ...
Show more >The TlCl molecule has previously been investigated theoretically and proposed as promising candidates for laser cooling searches [X. Yuan et. al. J. Chem. Phys., 149, 094306, 2018]. From these results, the cooling process, which would proceed by transitions between a\sup{3}{\Pi}\sup{+}\sub{0} and X\sup{1}{\Sigma}\sup{+}\sub{0} states, had as potential bottleneck the long lifetime (6.04 {\mu}s) of the excited state a\sup{3}{\Pi}\sup{+}\sub{0} , that would prohibit experimentally control the slowing region. Here, we revisit this system by employing four-component Multireference Configuration Interaction (MRCI) calculations, and investigate the effect of such approaches on the calculated transition moments between a\sup{3}{\Pi}\sup{+}\sub{0} and a\sup{3}{\Pi}\sub{1} excited states of TlCl as well as TlF, the latter serving as a benchmark between theory and experiment. Wherever possible, MRCI results have been cross-validated by, and turned out to be consistent with, four-component equation of motion coupled-cluster (EOM-CC) and polarization propagator (PP) calculations. We find that the results of TlF are very closed to experiment values, while for TlCl the lifetime of the a3{\Pi}+0 state is now estimated to be 175 ns, which is much shorter than previous calculations indicated, thus yielding a different, more favorable cooling dynamics. By solving the rate-equation numerically, we provide evidence that TlCl could have cooling properties similar to those of TlF. Our investigations also point to the potential benefits of enhancing the stimulated radiation in optical cycle to improve cooling efficiency.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

ANR Project :

Calcul de la diffusion inélastique résonante de rayons X pour toute la classification périodique
Physiques et Chimie de l'Environnement Atmosphérique
ULNE

Collections :

• Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules (PhLAM) - UMR 8523

Source :

Harvested from HAL

Submission date :

2022-04-09T03:41:16Z