Reviews the history of optical trapping and manipulation of small-neutral particles, from the
time of its origin in 1970 up to the present. As we shall see, the unique characteristics of this …

Progress on research in the field of molecules at cold and ultracold temperatures is reported
in this review. It covers extensively the experimental methods to produce, detect and …

We propose a novel physical realization of a quantum computer. The qubits are electric
dipole moments of ultracold diatomic molecules, oriented along or against an external …

Written by two of the world's leading researchers in the field, this is a systematic introduction
to the fundamental principles of coherent control, and to the underlying physics and …

We demonstrate the production of ultracold polar RbCs molecules in their vibronic ground
state, via photoassociation of laser-cooled atoms followed by a laser-stimulated state …

A polar molecule experiences a force in an inhomogeneous electric field. Using this force,
neutral molecules can be decelerated and trapped. It is shown here that this can in principle …

We analyze the ground-state properties and the excitation spectrum of Bose-Einstein
condensates of trapped dipolar particles. First, we consider the case of a single-component …

We have produced ultracold, polar R b C s* molecules via photoassociation in a laser-
cooled mixture of Rb and Cs atoms. Using a model of the R b C s* molecular interaction …

The Stark interaction of polar molecules with an inhomogeneous electric field is exploited to
select slow molecules from a room-temperature reservoir and guide them into an ultrahigh …

We propose the creation of a molecular Bose-Einstein condensate by loading an atomic
condensate into an optical lattice and driving it into a Mott insulator with exactly two atoms …