Feshbach resonances in ultracold gases

C Chin, R Grimm, P Julienne, E Tiesinga - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2010 - APS
Feshbach resonances are the essential tool to control the interaction between atoms in
ultracold quantum gases. They have found numerous experimental applications, opening up …

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 …

Observation of magnetically tunable Feshbach resonances in ultracold 23Na40K + 40K collisions

H Yang, DC Zhang, L Liu, YX Liu, J Nan, B Zhao… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Resonances in ultracold collisions involving heavy molecules are difficult to simulate
theoretically and have proven challenging to detect. Here we report the observation of …

Observation of collisions between two ultracold ground-state CaF molecules

LW Cheuk, L Anderegg, Y Bao, S Burchesky, SS Yu… - Physical review …, 2020 - APS
We measure inelastic collisions between ultracold CaF molecules by combining two optical
tweezers, each containing a single molecule. We observe collisions between Σ 2 CaF …

Optical production of ultracold polar molecules

JM Sage, S Sainis, T Bergeman, D DeMille - Physical review letters, 2005 - APS
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 …

Production of Ultracold, Polar Molecules via Photoassociation

AJ Kerman, JM Sage, S Sainis, T Bergeman… - Physical review letters, 2004 - APS
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 …

Statistical aspects of ultracold resonant scattering

M Mayle, BP Ruzic, JL Bohn - Physical Review A—Atomic, Molecular, and …, 2012 - APS
Compared to purely atomic collisions, ultracold collisions involving molecules have the
potential to support a much larger number of Fano-Feshbach resonances due to the huge …

Production and state-selective detection of ultracold RbCs molecules

AJ Kerman, JM Sage, S Sainis, T Bergeman… - Physical review letters, 2004 - APS
Using resonance-enhanced two-photon ionization, we detect ultracold, metastable RbCs
molecules formed in their lowest triplet state a Σ+ 3 via photoassociation in a laser-cooled …

Magnetic Trapping and Zeeman Relaxation of NH ()

WC Campbell, E Tsikata, HI Lu, LD van Buuren… - Physical review …, 2007 - APS
NH radicals are magnetically trapped and their Zeeman relaxation and energy transport
collision cross sections with helium are measured. Continuous buffer-gas loading of the trap …

Suppression of inelastic collisions between polar molecules with a repulsive shield

AV Gorshkov, P Rabl, G Pupillo, A Micheli, P Zoller… - Physical review …, 2008 - APS
We propose and analyze a technique that allows one to suppress inelastic collisions and
simultaneously enhance elastic interactions between cold polar molecules. The main idea is …