Quantum computation and quantum simulation with ultracold molecules

SL Cornish, MR Tarbutt, KRA Hazzard - Nature Physics, 2024 - nature.com
Ultracold molecules confined in optical lattices or tweezer traps can be used to process
quantum information and simulate the behaviour of many-body quantum systems. Molecules …

Direct laser cooling of polyatomic molecules

BL Augenbraun, L Anderegg, C Hallas… - Advances in Atomic …, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the past decade, tremendous progress has been made to extend the tools of laser
cooling and trap** to molecules. Those same tools have recently been applied to …

Dipolar spin-exchange and entanglement between molecules in an optical tweezer array

Y Bao, SS Yu, L Anderegg, E Chae, W Ketterle, KK Ni… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Ultracold polar molecules are promising candidate qubits for quantum computing and
quantum simulations. Their long-lived molecular rotational states form robust qubits, and the …

Blue-detuned magneto-optical trap of molecules

JJ Burau, P Aggarwal, K Mehling, J Ye - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Direct laser cooling of molecules has reached a phase-space density exceeding 10-6 in
optical traps but with rather small molecular numbers. To progress toward quantum …

An optical tweezer array of ultracold polyatomic molecules

NB Vilas, P Robichaud, C Hallas, GK Li, L Anderegg… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Polyatomic molecules have rich structural features that make them uniquely suited to
applications in quantum information science,–, quantum simulation,–, ultracold chemistry …

Three-dimensional magneto-optical trap** of barium monofluoride

Z Zeng, S Deng, S Yang, B Yan - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
As a heavy molecule, barium monofluoride (BaF) presents itself as a promising candidate for
measuring permanent electric dipole moment. Here we report the realization of three …

Quantum control of trapped polyatomic molecules for eEDM searches

L Anderegg, NB Vilas, C Hallas, P Robichaud… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Ultracold polyatomic molecules are promising candidates for experiments in quantum
science and precision searches for physics beyond the Standard Model. A key requirement …

Raman sideband cooling of molecules in an optical tweezer array to the 3D motional ground state

Y Bao, SS Yu, J You, L Anderegg, E Chae, W Ketterle… - Physical Review X, 2024 - APS
Ultracold polar molecules are promising for quantum information processing and searches
for physics beyond the standard model. Laser cooling to ultracold temperatures is an …

Raman sideband cooling of molecules in an optical tweezer array

Y Lu, SJ Li, CM Holland, LW Cheuk - Nature Physics, 2024 - nature.com
Ultracold molecules have been proposed as a candidate platform for quantum science and
precision measurement because of their rich internal structures and interactions. Direct laser …

Intensity-borrowing mechanisms pertinent to laser cooling of linear polyatomic molecules

C Zhang, NR Hutzler, L Cheng - Journal of Chemical Theory and …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A study of the intensity-borrowing mechanisms important to optical cycling transitions in
laser-coolable polyatomic molecules arising from non-adiabatic coupling, contributions …