High-precision spectroscopy of ultracold molecules in an optical lattice
Atomic Physics
2015-12-22 v2 Chemical Physics
Quantum Physics
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 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.
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@article{arxiv.1501.01236,
title = {High-precision spectroscopy of ultracold molecules in an optical lattice},
author = {B. H. McGuyer and M. McDonald and G. Z. Iwata and M. G. Tarallo and A. T. Grier and F. Apfelbeck and T. Zelevinsky},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1501.01236},
year = {2015}
}
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12 pages, 4 figures