The last few years have seen rapid progress in the application of laser cooling to molecules.
In this review, we examine what kinds of molecules can be laser cooled, how to design a …

Over the past decade, tremendous progress has been made to extend the tools of laser
cooling and trapping to molecules. Those same tools have recently been applied to …

We perform magnetically assisted Sisyphus laser cooling of the triatomic free radical
strontium monohydroxide (SrOH). This is achieved with principal optical cycling in the …

The unique optical cycling efficiency of alkaline earth metal–ligand molecules has enabled
significant advances in polyatomic laser cooling and trapping. Rotational spectroscopy is an …

We present a practical roadmap to achieve optical cycling and laser cooling of asymmetric
top molecules (ATMs). Our theoretical analysis describes how reduced molecular symmetry …

An experimentally feasible strategy for direct laser cooling of polyatomic molecules with six
or more atoms is presented. Our approach relies on the attachment of a metal atom to a …

The extension of laser cooling and trapping techniques from atoms to molecules is currently
the subject of intense and growing interest. Molecular laser cooling and trapping offers a …

Recently, a few diatomic and polyatomic molecules have been identified as prospective
systems for Doppler/Sisyphus cooling. Doppler/Sisyphus cooling allows us to decrease the …

Alkaline earth monoalkoxide free radicals (MORs) have molecular properties conducive to
direct laser cooling to sub-millikelvin temperatures. Using dispersed laser induced …

Polyatomic molecules have been identified as sensitive probes of charge-parity violating
and parity violating physics beyond the Standard Model (BSM). For example, many linear …