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Vilas and colleagues trapped and imaged individual calcium monohydroxide molecules in an array of six optical tweezers. They also prepared and coherently controlled internal states associated with a vibrational bending mode, extending single-molecule control to a polyatomic species.
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Vilas and colleagues trapped and imaged individual calcium monohydroxide molecules in an array of six optical tweezers. They also prepared and coherently controlled internal states associated with a vibrational bending mode, extending single-molecule control to a polyatomic species. The array loaded probabilistically. In a seven-millisecond image, the reported 95% classification fidelity at a 30% loading probability and 80% molecule survival are different quantities. The work did not demonstrate molecular entanglement, a defect-free rearranged array or motional ground-state cooling.
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The linked original works support the scoped statement and contribution attribution. WRS has not independently replayed experiments or reconstructed a full mathematical proof. The array loaded probabilistically. In a seven-millisecond image, the reported 95% classification fidelity at a 30% loading probability and 80% molecule survival are different quantities. The work did not demonstrate molecular entanglement, a defect-free rearranged array or motional ground-state cooling.
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