Inner-shell clock transition in atomic thulium with a small blackbody radiation shift

A Golovizin, E Fedorova, D Tregubov… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
One of the key systematic effects limiting the performance of state-of-the-art optical clocks is
the blackbody radiation (BBR) shift. Here, we demonstrate unusually low sensitivity of a 1.14 …

Molecular lattice clock with long vibrational coherence

SS Kondov, CH Lee, KH Leung, C Liedl, I Majewska… - Nature Physics, 2019 - nature.com
Atomic lattice clocks have spurred numerous ideas for tests of fundamental physics,
detection of general relativistic effects and studies of interacting many-body systems. On the …

Complexes formed in collisions between ultracold alkali-metal diatomic molecules and atoms

MD Frye, JM Hutson - New Journal of Physics, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We explore the properties of three-atom complexes of alkali-metal diatomic molecules with
alkali-metal atoms, which may be formed in ultracold collisions. We estimate the densities of …

Magic conditions for multiple rotational states of bialkali molecules in optical lattices

Q Guan, SL Cornish, S Kotochigova - Physical Review A, 2021 - APS
We investigate magic-wavelength trapping of ultracold bialkali molecules in the vicinity of
weak optical transitions from the vibrational ground state of the X Σ+ 1 potential to low-lying …

Coherent manipulation of the internal state of ultracold 87 Rb 133 Cs molecules with multiple microwave fields

JA Blackmore, PD Gregory, SL Bromley… - Physical Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
We explore coherent multi-photon processes in 87Rb133Cs molecules using 3-level
lambda and ladder configurations of rotational and hyperfine states, and discuss their …

[HTML][HTML] Rydberg-state double-well potentials of Van der Waals molecules

T Urbańczyk, A Kędziorski, M Krośnicki… - Molecules, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Recent progress in studies of Rydberg double-well electronic energy states of MeNg (Me=
12-group atom, Ng= noble gas atom) van der Waals (vdW) molecules is presented and …

Modeling the electronic structures of the ground and excited states of the ytterbium atom and the ytterbium dimer: A modern quantum chemistry perspective

P Tecmer, K Boguslawski, M Borkowski… - … Journal of Quantum …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We present a comprehensive theoretical study of the electronic structures of the Yb atom
and the Yb2 molecule, respectively, focusing on their ground and lowest‐lying electronically …

Coherent manipulation of orbital Feshbach molecules of two-electron atoms

G Cappellini, LF Livi, L Franchi, D Tusi… - Physical Review X, 2019 - APS
Ultracold molecules have experienced increasing attention in recent years. Compared to
ultracold atoms, they possess several unique properties that make them perfect candidates …

Quantum control of molecules for fundamental physics

D Mitra, KH Leung, T Zelevinsky - Physical Review A, 2022 - APS
The extraordinary success in laser cooling, trapping, and coherent manipulation of atoms
has energized the efforts in extending this exquisite control to molecules. Not only are …

Accurate determination of blackbody radiation shifts in a strontium molecular lattice clock

B Iritani, E Tiberi, W Skomorowski, R Moszynski… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Molecular lattice clocks enable the search for new physics, such as fifth forces or temporal
variations of fundamental constants, in a manner complementary to atomic clocks …