Coherent Optical Creation of a Single Molecule

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. Star...

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Main Authors: Yichao Yu, Kenneth Wang, Jonathan D. Hood, Lewis R. B. Picard, Jessie T. Zhang, William B. Cairncross, Jeremy M. Hutson, Rosario Gonzalez-Ferez, Till Rosenband, Kang-Kuen Ni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2021-09-01
Series:Physical Review X
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.11.031061