Dynamic dipole polarizabilities of heteronuclear alkali dimers: optical response, trap** and control of ultracold molecules

R Vexiau, D Borsalino, M Lepers, A Orbán… - … Reviews in Physical …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
In this article we address the general approach for calculating dynamical dipole
polarizabilities of small quantum systems, based on a sum-over-states formula involving in …

Rydberg macrodimers: Diatomic molecules on the micrometer scale

S Hollerith, J Zeiher - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2023 - ACS Publications
Controlling molecular binding at the level of single atoms is one of the holy grails of quantum
chemistry. Rydberg macrodimers─ bound states between highly excited Rydberg atoms─ …

Anisotropic polarizability of erbium atoms

JH Becher, S Baier, K Aikawa, M Lepers, JF Wyart… - Physical Review A, 2018 - APS
We report on the determination of the dynamical polarizability of ultracold erbium atoms in
the ground and in one excited state at three different wavelengths, which are particularly …

Rotational friction and diffusion of quantum rotors

BA Stickler, B Schrinski, K Hornberger - Physical review letters, 2018 - APS
We present the Markovian quantum master equation describing rotational decoherence,
friction, diffusion, and thermalization of planar, linear, and asymmetric rotors in contact with a …

ac Stark effect in ultracold polar molecules

PD Gregory, JA Blackmore, J Aldegunde, JM Hutson… - Physical Review A, 2017 - APS
We investigate the effect of far-off-resonant trap** light on ultracold bosonic Rb 87 Cs 133
molecules. We use kHz-precision microwave spectroscopy to measure the differential ac …

Microscopic electronic structure tomography of Rydberg macrodimers

S Hollerith, J Rui, A Rubio-Abadal, K Srakaew… - Physical Review …, 2021 - APS
Precise control and study of molecules is challenging due to the variety of internal degrees
of freedom and local coordinates that are typically not controlled in an experiment …

Energetics and control of ultracold isotope-exchange reactions between heteronuclear dimers in external fields

M Tomza - Physical Review Letters, 2015 - APS
We show that isotope-exchange reactions between ground-state alkali-metal, alkaline-earth-
metal, and lanthanide heteronuclear dimers consisting of two isotopes of the same atom are …

Inelastic collisions of ultracold triplet Rb2 molecules in the rovibrational ground state

B Drews, M Deiß, K Jachymski, Z Idziaszek… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Exploring and controlling inelastic and reactive collisions on the quantum level is a main
goal of the develo** field of ultracold chemistry. For this, the preparation of precisely …

Polarizability of ultracold Rb2 molecules in the rovibrational ground state of a^ 3Σ+/u

M Deiß, B Drews, J Hecker Denschlag… - New Journal of …, 2015 - oparu.uni-ulm.de
We study, both theoretically and experimentally, the dynamical polarizability of molecules in
the rovibrational ground state of. Taking all relevant excited molecular bound states into …

Nondestructive dispersive imaging of rotationally excited ultracold molecules

Q Guan, M Highman, EJ Meier, GR Williams… - Physical Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
A barrier to realizing the potential of molecules for quantum information science applications
is a lack of high-fidelity, single-molecule imaging techniques. Here, we present and …