Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

Controlling the rotational and hyperfine state of ultracold Rb87Cs133 molecules

Gregory, P.D.; Aldegunde, J.; Hutson, J.M.; Cornish, S.L.

Controlling the rotational and hyperfine state of ultracold Rb87Cs133 molecules Thumbnail


Authors

P.D. Gregory

J. Aldegunde



Abstract

We demonstrate coherent control of the rotational and hyperfine state of ultracold, chemically stable Rb87Cs133 molecules with external microwave fields. We create a sample of ∼2000 molecules in the lowest hyperfine level of the rovibronic ground state N=0. We measure the transition frequencies to eight different hyperfine levels of the N=1 state at two magnetic fields ∼23 G apart. We determine accurate values of rotational and hyperfine coupling constants that agree well with previous calculations. We observe Rabi oscillations on each transition, allowing complete population transfer to a selected hyperfine level of N=1. Subsequent application of a second microwave pulse allows the transfer of molecules back to a different hyperfine level of N=0.

Citation

Gregory, P., Aldegunde, J., Hutson, J., & Cornish, S. (2016). Controlling the rotational and hyperfine state of ultracold Rb87Cs133 molecules. Physical Review Letters, 94(4), Article 041403(R). https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.94.041403

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Sep 16, 2016
Online Publication Date Oct 28, 2016
Publication Date Oct 28, 2016
Deposit Date Aug 31, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Physical Review Letters
Print ISSN 0031-9007
Electronic ISSN 1079-7114
Publisher American Physical Society
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 94
Issue 4
Article Number 041403(R)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.94.041403
Related Public URLs https://arxiv.org/abs/1608.03303

Files

Accepted Journal Article (723 Kb)
PDF

Copyright Statement
Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article's title, journal citation, and DOI.






You might also like



Downloadable Citations