Ultracold Molecules in the Ro-Vibrational Triplet Ground State
Quantum Physics
2009-11-13 v2
Abstract
We report here on the production of an ultracold gas of tightly bound Rb2 molecules in the ro-vibrational triplet ground state, close to quantum degeneracy. This is achieved by optically transferring weakly bound Rb2 molecules to the absolute lowest level of the ground triplet potential with a transfer efficiency of about 90%. The transfer takes place in a 3D optical lattice which traps a sizeable fraction of the tightly bound molecules with a lifetime exceeding 200 ms.
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@article{arxiv.0809.0061,
title = {Ultracold Molecules in the Ro-Vibrational Triplet Ground State},
author = {F. Lang and K. Winkler and C. Strauss and R. Grimm and J. Hecker Denschlag},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0809.0061},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 3 figures. Phys. Rev. Lett. accepted