High-precision spectroscopy of ultracold molecules in an optical lattice

McGuyer, B. H.; McDonald, M.; Iwata, G. Z.; Tarallo, M. G.; Grier, A. T.; Apfelbeck, F. und Zelevinsky, T. (2015): High-precision spectroscopy of ultracold molecules in an optical lattice. In: New Journal of Physics, Bd. 17, 055004

Abstract

The study of ultracold molecules tightly trapped in an optical lattice can expand the frontier of precision measurement and spectroscopy, and provide a deeper insight into molecular and fundamental physics. Here we create, probe, and image microkelvin Sr-88(2) molecules in a lattice, and demonstrate precise measurements of molecular parameters as well as coherent control of molecular quantum states using optical fields. We discuss the sensitivity of the system to dimensional effects, a new bound-to-continuum spectroscopy technique for highly accurate binding energy measurements, and prospects for new physics with this rich experimental system.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Physik
• Themengebiete: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 530 Physik
• ISSN: 1367-2630
• Sprache: Englisch