Abstract

Stationary molecules in well-defined internal states are of broad interest for both physics and chemistry. This includes tests of fundamental physics through metrology such as measurement of the electron electric dipole moment or the time evolution of the fine structure constant. Translationally and internally cold molecules are also considered promising candidates for qubits for use in quantum computing, yet this requires a cooling method that preserves internal state coherence, ruling out the otherwise popular approach of buffer gas cooling.

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