New frontiers for quantum gases of polar molecules

SA Moses, JP Covey, MT Miecnikowski, DS Jin, J Ye - Nature Physics, 2017 - nature.com
Compared to atoms, molecules possess additional degrees of freedom that can be exploited
in fundamental tests, ultracold chemistry, and engineering new quantum phases in many …

Ultracold molecules formed by photoassociation: Heteronuclear dimers, inelastic collisions, and interactions with ultrashort laser pulses

J Ulmanis, J Deiglmayr, M Repp, R Wester… - Chemical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Photoassociation of molecules out of an ultracold gas was thefirst successful approach to
create a gas of molecules in the electronic ground state at translational temperatures in the …

Cold and ultracold molecules: science, technology and applications

LD Carr, D DeMille, RV Krems, J Ye - New Journal of Physics, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents a review of the current state of the art in the research field of cold and
ultracold molecules. It serves as an introduction to the focus issue ofNew Journal of Physics …

Coherent transfer of photoassociated molecules into the rovibrational ground state

K Aikawa, D Akamatsu, M Hayashi, K Oasa… - Physical review …, 2010 - APS
We report on the direct conversion of laser-cooled K 41 and Rb 87 atoms into ultracold K 41
Rb 87 molecules in the rovibrational ground state via photoassociation followed by …

Dipolar molecules in optical lattices

T Sowiński, O Dutta, P Hauke, L Tagliacozzo… - Physical Review Letters, 2012 - APS
We study the extended Bose-Hubbard model describing an ultracold gas of dipolar
molecules in an optical lattice, taking into account all on-site and nearest-neighbor …

Developing a global indicator for Aichi Target 1 by merging online data sources to measure biodiversity awareness and engagement

MW Cooper, E Di Minin, A Hausmann, S Qin… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Due to the importance of public support in fostering positive outcomes for biodiversity, Aichi
Biodiversity Target 1 aims to increase public awareness of the value of biodiversity and …

Two-photon photoassociation spectroscopy of CsYb: Ground-state interaction potential and interspecies scattering lengths

A Guttridge, MD Frye, BC Yang, JM Hutson, SL Cornish - Physical Review A, 2018 - APS
We perform two-photon photoassociation spectroscopy of the heteronuclear CsYb molecule
to measure the binding energies of near-threshold vibrational levels of the X 2 Σ 1/2+ …

Exotic vortex lattices in two-species Bose-Einstein condensates

P Kuopanportti, JAM Huhtamäki, M Möttönen - Physical Review A—Atomic …, 2012 - APS
We numerically investigate vortex lattices in rotating two-component Bose-Einstein
condensates in which the two components have unequal atomic masses and interact …

A simple, versatile laser system for the creation of ultracold ground state molecules

PD Gregory, PK Molony, MP Köppinger… - New Journal of …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
A narrow-linewidth, dual-wavelength laser system is vital for the creation of ultracold ground
state molecules via stimulated Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP) from a weakly bound …

Splitting of singly and doubly quantized composite vortices in two-component Bose-Einstein condensates

P Kuopanportti, S Bandyopadhyay, A Roy, D Angom - Physical Review A, 2019 - APS
We study numerically the dynamical instabilities and splitting of singly and doubly quantized
composite vortices in two-component Bose-Einstein condensates harmonically confined to …