The Zelevinsky Lab shows the first ever laser cooling of a fermionic molecule, calcium monodeuteride (CaD). CaD has a relatively simple structure compared to other fermionic molecules, making it the most promising candidate for laser cooling. This achievement opens the door for many exciting experiments in the future. Cold and trapped CaD molecules can serve as a quantum simulation platform and as qubits for quantum information science. Moreover, controlled dissociation of the molecule would enable the trapping of ultracold deuterium, which would be valuable for precision measurement of the deuteron radius, a key testbed for beyond Standard Model physics.
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