Spectroscopy and Ground-State Transfer of Ultracold Bosonic $^{39}$K$^{133}$Cs Molecules

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Autori principali: Zamarski, Krzysztof P., Beulenkamp, Charly, Zeng, Yi, Landini, Manuele, Nägerl, Hanns-Christoph
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author Zamarski, Krzysztof P.
Beulenkamp, Charly
Zeng, Yi
Landini, Manuele
Nägerl, Hanns-Christoph
author_facet Zamarski, Krzysztof P.
Beulenkamp, Charly
Zeng, Yi
Landini, Manuele
Nägerl, Hanns-Christoph
contents We report the creation of ultracold samples of $^{39}$K$^{133}$Cs molecules in their rovibrational ground state. By investigating potentially suitable excited states using one- and two-photon spectroscopy, we have identified a pathway to the ground state via an exceptionally narrow intermediate state. Using Stimulated Raman Adiabatic Passage (STIRAP), we create trapped samples of up to 3500 molecules at temperatures of 1 $μ$K with one-way efficiencies of 71%. The lifetime of these samples is limited by a near-universal two-body loss process, which could shed new light on similar loss mechanisms in other molecular species. Our results are a step towards establishing an alternative platform for the study of bosonic and fermionic quantum matter with strong dipolar interactions.
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spellingShingle Spectroscopy and Ground-State Transfer of Ultracold Bosonic $^{39}$K$^{133}$Cs Molecules
Zamarski, Krzysztof P.
Beulenkamp, Charly
Zeng, Yi
Landini, Manuele
Nägerl, Hanns-Christoph
Quantum Gases
Atomic Physics
We report the creation of ultracold samples of $^{39}$K$^{133}$Cs molecules in their rovibrational ground state. By investigating potentially suitable excited states using one- and two-photon spectroscopy, we have identified a pathway to the ground state via an exceptionally narrow intermediate state. Using Stimulated Raman Adiabatic Passage (STIRAP), we create trapped samples of up to 3500 molecules at temperatures of 1 $μ$K with one-way efficiencies of 71%. The lifetime of these samples is limited by a near-universal two-body loss process, which could shed new light on similar loss mechanisms in other molecular species. Our results are a step towards establishing an alternative platform for the study of bosonic and fermionic quantum matter with strong dipolar interactions.
title Spectroscopy and Ground-State Transfer of Ultracold Bosonic $^{39}$K$^{133}$Cs Molecules
topic Quantum Gases
Atomic Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.21207