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ThO (ACME Collaboration)

• Magnetic and electric dipole moments of the H ³Δ₁ state in ThO
  A. C. Vutha, B. Spaun, Y. V. Gurevich, N. R. Hutzler, E. Kirilov, J. M. Doyle, G. Gabrielse, and D. DeMille
  Phys. Rev. A 84, 034502 (2011)
• A cryogenic beam of refractory, chemically reactive molecules with expansion cooling
  N. R. Hutzler, M. F. Parsons, Y. V. Gurevich, P. W. Hess, E. Petrik, B. Spaun, A. C. Vutha, D. DeMille, G. Gabrielse, and J. M. Doyle
  Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 13, 18976-18985 (2011)
• Search for the electric dipole moment of the electron with thorium monoxide
  A. C. Vutha, W. C. Campbell, Y. V. Gurevich, N. R. Hutzler, M. Parsons, D. Patterson, E. Petrik, B. Spaun, J. M. Doyle, G. Gabrielse, and D. DeMille
  J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 43, 074007 (2010)

PbO

• Preparation and detection of states with simultaneous spin alignment and molecular orientation in PbO
  S. Bickman, P. Hamilton, Y. Jiang, D. DeMille
  Phys Rev. A 80, 023418 (2009)
• Large-Area, Low-Noise, High Speed, Photodiode-Based Fluorescence Detectors with Fast Overdrive Recovery.
  S. Bickman and D. DeMille.
  Rev. Sci. Instrum. 76, 113101 (2005)
• Stark-modulation spectroscopy of the B(1) [³Π] state of PbO.
  D. Kawall, Y. Gurevich, C. Cheung, S. Bickman, Y. Jiang, and D. DeMille.
  Phys Rev. A 72, 064501 (2005)
• Configuration interaction calculation of hyperfine and P,T-odd constants on ²⁰⁷ PbO excited states for electron electric-dipole-moment experiments.
  A.N. Petrov, A.V. Titov, T.A. Isaev, N.S. Mosyagin, and D. DeMille.
  Phys. Rev. A 72, 022505 (2005)
• Precision Zeeman-Stark spectroscopy of the metastable a(1) [³ Σ₊] state of PbO.
  D. Kawall, F. Bay, S. Bickman, Y. Jiang and D. DeMille.
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 133007 (2004)
• Enhancement of the electric dipole moment of the electron in PbO.
  M. Kozlov and D. DeMille.
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 133001 (2002)
• Detailed spectroscopy of the a(1) [³Σ⁺] state of PbO.
  L.R. Hunter, S.E. Maxwell, K.A. Ulmer, N.D. Charney, S.K. Peck, D. Krause, Jr., S. Ter-Avetisyan, and D. DeMille.
  Phys. Rev. A 65, 030501 (2002)
• Search for the Electric Dipole Moment of the Electron Using Metastable PbO.
  D. DeMille, F. Bay, S. Bickman, D. Kawall, L. Hunter, D. Krause, Jr., S. Maxwell, and K. Ulmer.
  Art and Symmetry in Experimental Physics: Festschrift for Eugene Commins, ed. D. Budker, P. Bucksbaum, and S. Freedman, AIP Conf. Pub., 2001.
• Investigation of PbO as a system for measuring the electric dipole moment of the electron.
  D. DeMille, F. Bay, S. Bickman, D. Kawall, D. Krause, Jr., S.E. Maxwell, and L.R. Hunter.
  Phys. Rev. A 61, 052507 (2000)

Assembly of ultracold molecules from laser-cooled atoms

• Inelastic Collisions of Ultracold Heteronuclear Molecules in an Optical Trap.
  Eric R. Hudson, Nathan B. Gilfoy, S. Kotochigova, Jeremy M. Sage, and D. DeMille.
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 203201 (2008)
• Optical production of ultracold polar molecules.
  J. Sage, S. Sainis, T. Bergeman, and D. DeMille.
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 203001 (2005)
• Prospects for production of ultracold X [¹Σ₊] RbCs molecules.
  T. Bergeman, A. J. Kerman, J. Sage, S. Sainis and D. DeMille.
  Eur. Phys. J. D 31, 179 (2004)
• Production and State-Selective Detection of Ultracold RbCs Molecules.
  A. J. Kerman, J. M. Sage, S. Sainis, T. Bergeman, and D. DeMille.
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 153001 (2004)
• Production of ultracold, polar RbCs* molecules via photoassociation.
  A. J. Kerman, J. M. Sage, S. Sainis, T. Bergeman, and D. DeMille.
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 033004 (2004)

Measurements of parity-violating effects: modification of the weak interaction inside a nucleus

• Molecular-beam optical Stark and Zeeman study of the A ²Π–X ²Σ⁺ (0,0) band system of BaF
  Timothy C. Steimle, Sarah Frey, Anh Le, David DeMille, David. A. Rahmlow, and Colan Linton
  Phys. Rev. A 84, 012508 (2011)
• Using Molecules to Measure Nuclear Spin-Dependent Parity Violation
  D. DeMille, S. B. Cahn, D. Murphree, D. A. Rahmlow, and M. G. Kozlov.
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 023003 (2008)
• Measurement method for the nuclear anapole moment of laser trapped alkali atoms.
  E. Gomez, S. Aubin, G. D. Sprouse, L. A. Orozco, D. P. DeMille.
  Phys. Rev. A 75, 033418 (2007)
• P,T-parity violation effects in polar heavy-atom molecules.
  A. V. Titov, N. S. Mosyagin, A. N. Petrov, T. A. Isaev, and D. DeMille.
  Recent Advances in the Theory of Chemical and Physical Systems, Progress in Theoretical Chemistry and Physics, Volume 15, II, 253-283 (2006)

Direct laser cooling and trapping of diatomic molecules

• Laser radiation pressure slowing of a molecular beam
  J. F. Barry, E. S. Shuman, E. B. Norrgard, and D. DeMille
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 103002 (2012)
• A bright, slow cryogenic molecular beam source for free radicals
  J. F. Barry, E. S. Shuman, and D. DeMille
  Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 13, 18936-18947 (2011)
• Laser cooling of a diatomic molecule
  E.S. Shuman, J.F. Barry, and D. DeMille
  Nature 467, 820–823 (14 October 2010)
• Radiative force from optical cycling on a diatomic molecule
  E. S. Shuman, J. F. Barry, D. R. Glenn, and D. DeMille
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 223001 (2009)
• High-flux beam source for cold, slow atoms or molecules.
  S.E. Maxwell, N. Brahms, R. deCarvalho, J. Helton, S. V. Nguyen, D. Patterson, J. M. Doyle, D. R. Glenn, J. Petricka, and D. DeMille.
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 173201 (2005)
• Microwave traps for cold polar molecules.
  D. DeMille, D. R. Glenn, J. Petricka.
  Eur. Phys. J. D 31, 375 (2004)

Quantum computation with trapped molecules

• Cavity QED in a molecular ion trap
  D. I. Schuster, Lev S. Bishop, I. L. Chuang, D. DeMille, and R. J. Schoelkopf
  Phys. Rev. A 83, 012311 (2011)
• Quantum Information Processing with Ultracold Polar Molecules
  R. Côté, S. Yelin, and D. DeMille
  in Cold Molecules: Theory, Experiment, Applications, edited by W. C. Stwalley, R. V. Krems, and B. Friedrich (CRC Press, 2009)
• Hybrid quantum processors: molecular ensembles as quantum memory for solid state CQED.
  P. Rabl, D. DeMille, J.M. Doyle, M.D. Lukin, R.J. Schoelkopf, and P. Zoller.
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 033003 (2006)
• Polar molecules near superconducting resonators: a coherent, all-electrical atom-mesocopic interface.
  A. André, D. DeMille, J.M. Doyle, M.D. Lukin, S.E. Maxwell, P. Rabl, R.J. Schoelkopf, and P. Zoller.
  Nature Physics 2, 636 (2006)
• Quantum computation with trapped polar molecules.
  D. DeMille.
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 067901 (2002)

Other topics

Reviews and news

• Cold and Ultracold Molecules: Science, Technology, and Applications
  Lincoln D. Carr, David DeMille, Roman V. Krems, and Jun Ye
  New J. Phys. 11, 055049 (2009)
• Ultracold molecules: The coldest polar region
  David DeMille and Eric R. Hudson
  Nature Physics 4, 911 - 912 (2008)

Variation of fundamental constants

• Enhanced sensitivity to variation of m_e/m_p in molecular spectra.
  D. DeMille, S. Sainis, J. Sage, T. Bergeman, S. Kotochigova, and E. Tiesinga
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 043202 (2008)

Solid state/nuclear optical clock

• Optical spectroscopy of an atomic nucleus: Progress toward direct observation of the ²²⁹Th isomer transition
  Markus P. Hehlen, Richard R. Greco, Wade G. Rellergert, Scott T. Sullivan, David DeMille, Robert A. Jackson, Eric R. Hudson, and Justin R. Torgerson
  Journal of Luminescence (in press)
• Constraining the Evolution of the Fundamental Constants with a Solid-State Optical Frequency Reference Based on the ²²⁹Th Nucleus
  Wade G. Rellergert, D. DeMille, R. R. Greco, M. P. Hehlen, J. R. Torgerson, and Eric R. Hudson
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 200802 (2010)
• Progress towards fabrication of ²²⁹Th-doped high energy band-gap crystals for use as a solid-state optical frequency reference
  Wade G Rellergert, Scott T Sullivan, D DeMille, R R Greco, M P Hehlen, R A Jackson, J R Torgerson and Eric R Hudson
  IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng. 15 012005 (2010)
• Computer modelling of thorium doping in LiCaAlF₆ and LiSrAlF₆: application to the development of solid state optical frequency devices
  Robert A Jackson, Jomar B Amaral, Mario E G Valerio, David P DeMille and Eric R Hudson
  J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 21 325403 (2009)

Tests for small violations of Bose statistics with photons

• How We Know That Photons Are Bosons: Experimental Tests of Spin-Statistics for Photons.
  D. DeMille, D. Budker, N. Derr, and E. Deveney.
  Spin-Statistics Connection and Commutation Relations: Experimental Tests and Theoretical Implications, ed. R. Hilborn and G. Tino, AIP Conf. Pub., 2000
• Search for exchange-antisymmetric two-photon states.
  D. DeMille, D. Budker, N. Derr, and E. Deveney.
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 83 (20), 3978 (1999)

Geometric phase

• Geometric phases without geometry
  A. Vutha, D. DeMille
  arXiv:0907.5116

Technical papers

• A low-cost, FPGA-based servo controller with lock-in amplifier
  G. Yang, J. F. Barry, E. S. Shuman, M. H. Steinecker and D. DeMille
  Journal of Instrumentation 7 (10), P10026 (2012)