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  • Molecular physics
  • Quantum chemistry
  • Spectroscopy

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  • Advances in cooling and trapping diatomic molecules have enabled high-resolution spectroscopy.
  • Polyatomic molecules offer more complex structures and internal degrees of freedom for study.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To extend high-resolution spectroscopy techniques to polyatomic molecules.
  • To achieve precise measurements of molecular properties using advanced trapping and cooling methods.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing a homogeneous-field microstructured electric trap.
  • Employing rotational transitions at a "magic" offset electric field to minimize Stark broadening.
  • Implementing optoelectrical Sisyphus cooling to reach millikelvin temperatures.

Main Results:

  • Achieving Stark broadening below 1 kHz for the J=5←4 (K=3) transition of formaldehyde.
  • Observing Doppler-limited linewidths as low as 3.8 kHz.
  • Determining the magic-field line position with an uncertainty below 100 Hz.

Conclusions:

  • The developed method significantly enhances precision in polyatomic molecule spectroscopy.
  • This technique opens new avenues for investigating diverse polyatomic molecule species.
  • The study demonstrates a powerful new tool for fundamental molecular science.