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Coherent Optical Creation of a Single Molecule

Yu, Yichao; Wang, Kenneth; Hood, Jonathan D.; Picard, Lewis R. B.; Zhang, Jessie T.; Cairncross, William B.; Hutson, Jeremy M.; Gonzalez-Ferez, Rosario; Rosenband, Till; Ni, Kang-Kuen

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Authors

Yichao Yu

Kenneth Wang

Jonathan D. Hood

Lewis R. B. Picard

Jessie T. Zhang

William B. Cairncross

Rosario Gonzalez-Ferez

Till Rosenband

Kang-Kuen Ni



Abstract

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 bound electronic excited intermediate state to achieve a large transition dipole moment while reducing photon scattering. Starting from two atoms in their relative motional ground state, we achieve an optical transfer efficiency of 69%. The molecules have a binding energy of 770.2 MHz at 8.83(2) G. This technique does not rely on Feshbach resonances or narrow excited-state lines and may allow a wide range of molecular species to be assembled atom by atom.

Citation

Yu, Y., Wang, K., Hood, J. D., Picard, L. R., Zhang, J. T., Cairncross, W. B., …Ni, K. (2021). Coherent Optical Creation of a Single Molecule. Physical Review X, 11(3), Article 031061. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevx.11.031061

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 12, 2021
Online Publication Date Sep 17, 2021
Publication Date 2021-09
Deposit Date Oct 7, 2021
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Physical Review X
Publisher American Physical Society
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 11
Issue 3
Article Number 031061
DOI https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevx.11.031061
Related Public URLs https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.09043

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