Magnetically tunable Feshbach resonances were employed to associate cold diatomic
molecules in a series of experiments involving both atomic Bose and two-spin-component …

Photoassociation is the process in which two colliding atoms absorb a photon to form an
excited molecule. The development of laser-cooling techniques for producing gases at …

We review recent developments in the physics of ultracold atomic and molecular gases in
optical lattices. Such systems are nearly perfect realisations of various kinds of Hubbard …

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 …

We review recent theoretical advances in cold atom physics concentrating on strongly
correlated cold atoms in optical lattices. We discuss recently developed quantum optical …

There is growing interest in states of matter with topological order. These are characterized
by highly stable ground states robust to perturbations that preserve the topology, and which …

We investigate the dynamics of neutral atoms in a 2D optical lattice which traps two distinct
internal states of the atoms in different columns. Two Raman lasers are used to coherently …

This review is concerned with the physics and chemistry associated with the interactions,
collisions, and reactions of ultracold molecules, that is, molecules having translational …

Molecular cooling techniques face the hurdle of dissipating translational as well as internal
energy in the presence of a rich electronic, vibrational, and rotational energy spectrum. In …

We discuss the superfluid (SF) to Mott-insulator transition of cold atoms in optical lattices
recently observed by Greiner et al (2002 Nature 415 39). The fundamental properties of both …