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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Blackmore, Jacob A
• Caldwell, Luke
• Gregory, Philip D
• Bridge, Elizabeth M
• Sawant, Rahul
• Aldegunde, Jesús
• Mur-Petit, Jordi
• Jaksch, Dieter
• Hutson, Jeremy M
• Sauer, B E
• Tarbutt, M R
• Cornish, Simon L

Titel

Ultracold molecules for quantum simulation: rotational coherences in CaF and RbCs

Ist Teil von

• Quantum Science and Technology, 2019-01, Vol.4 (1), p.14010

Ort / Verlag

IOP Publishing

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

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Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Polar molecules offer a new platform for quantum simulation of systems with long-range interactions, based on the electrostatic interaction between their electric dipole moments. Here, we report the development of coherent quantum state control using microwave fields in 40Ca19F and 87Rb133Cs molecules, a crucial ingredient for many quantum simulation applications. We perform Ramsey interferometry measurements with fringe spacings of ∼1 kHz and investigate the dephasing time of a superposition of N = 0 and N = 1 rotational states when the molecules are confined. For both molecules, we show that a judicious choice of molecular hyperfine states minimises the impact of spatially varying transition-frequency shifts across the trap. For magnetically trapped 40Ca19F we use a magnetically insensitive transition and observe a coherence time of 0.61(3) ms. For optically trapped 87Rb133Cs we exploit an avoided crossing in the AC Stark shifts and observe a maximum coherence time of 0.75(6) ms.