Single atoms and molecules can be trapped in tightly focused beams of light that form
'optical tweezers', affording exquisite capabilities for the control and detection of individual …

Tightly focused laser beams form optical tweezers that can hold and manipulate individual
atoms. They give superb control over microscopic quantum systems and have paved the …

We measure inelastic collisions between ultracold CaF molecules by combining two optical
tweezers, each containing a single molecule. We observe collisions between Σ 2 CaF …

We demonstrate the formation of a single NaCs molecule in an optical tweezer by
magnetoassociation through an s-wave Feshbach resonance at 864.11 (5) G. Starting from …

We report on the creation of dual-species Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) of Na 23
atoms and Cs 133 atoms. We demonstrate sympathetic cooling of Cs with Na in a magnetic …

We report simultaneous Raman sideband cooling of a single 87 Rb atom and a single 133
Cs atom held in separate optical tweezers at 814 nm and 938 nm, respectively. Starting from …

We report coherent association of atoms into a single weakly bound NaCs molecule in an
optical tweezer through an optical Raman transition. The Raman technique uses a deeply …

The inherent polarization gradients in tight optical tweezers can be used to couple the
atomic spins to the two-body motion under the action of a microwave spin-flip transition, so …

Ultracold collisions of neutral atoms and molecules have been of great interest since
experimental advances enabled the cooling and trap** of such species. This study …

Central spin models, where a single spinful particle interacts with a spin environment, find
wide application in quantum information technology and can be used to describe, eg, the …