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Magnetic trapping and coherent control of laser-cooled molecules

Atomic Physics 2018-04-25 v1

Abstract

We demonstrate coherent microwave control of the rotational, hyperfine and Zeeman states of ultracold CaF molecules, and the magnetic trapping of these molecules in a single, selectable quantum state. We trap about 5×1035\times 10^{3} molecules for 2 s at a temperature of 65(11) μ\muK and a density of 1.2×1051.2 \times 10^{5} cm3^{-3}. We measure the state-specific loss rate due to collisions with background helium.

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@article{arxiv.1711.07355,
  title  = {Magnetic trapping and coherent control of laser-cooled molecules},
  author = {H. J. Williams and L. Caldwell and N. J. Fitch and S. Truppe and J. Rodewald and E. A. Hinds and B. E. Sauer and M. R. Tarbutt},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.07355},
  year   = {2018}
}

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6 pages, 4 figures