Optical tweezers of calcium monofluoride molecules

该项目的目的是加载单个CaF分子的光镊阵列。在项目过程中，候选人将开发分子束源，测试新的减速器概念，加载CaF的密集磁光陷阱，将分子冷却到<5微开尔文并将其加载到光镊中。这将涉及为镊子开发一种新的确定性加载机制，以及测试一种尚未用于CaF分子的蓝色MOT。

The aim of this project is to load arrays of optical tweezers with individual CaF molecules. Over the course of the project the candidate will develop the molecular beam source, test a new decelerator concept, load dense magneto-optical traps of CaF, cool the molecules to <5 microkelvin and load them into optical tweezers. This will involve developing a novel deterministic loading mechanism for the tweezers as well as testing a blue MOT, not yet tried for CaF molecules.