Welcome to the Hood Lab at Purdue!

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Our experimental goal is obtain complete quantum control of single molecules.   Our bottom-up approach is to then use these molecules to build large many-body quantum systems that will give us insight into important problems in chemistry, materials, and condensed-matter physics.   Our lab takes two different approaches to controlling molecules:  1)  optically trapping and assembling ultracold (100nK) LiCs molecules in arrays of optical tweezers inside an ultrahigh vacuum chamber, and 2) embedding organic molecules dibenzoterrylene (DBT)  as defects in a an organic crystal matrix (anthracene) and cooling it down to 3K in a cryostat.

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