Electric-field control of atom-molecule Feshbach resonances

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Auteurs principaux: Borgloh, Mara Meyer zum Alten, Heier, Jule, von Gierke, Fritz, Shammout, Baraa, Tiemann, Eberhard, Karpa, Leon, Ospelkaus, Silke
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author Borgloh, Mara Meyer zum Alten
Heier, Jule
von Gierke, Fritz
Shammout, Baraa
Tiemann, Eberhard
Karpa, Leon
Ospelkaus, Silke
author_facet Borgloh, Mara Meyer zum Alten
Heier, Jule
von Gierke, Fritz
Shammout, Baraa
Tiemann, Eberhard
Karpa, Leon
Ospelkaus, Silke
contents Ultracold molecules provide opportunities for exploring quantum matter, chemical dynamics and information processing thanks to their rich interactions, which can be controlled by external fields. Magnetic fields tune interactions through Feshbach resonances, enabling the formation of ultracold dimers and triatomic molecules from atom-dimer collisions. Here we demonstrate electric-field control of atom-molecule Feshbach resonances. In mixtures of ground-state sodium-potassium molecules and potassium atoms, electric fields shift resonance positions systematically, revealing specific trimer bound states and their electric-field dependent energies. The response differs markedly from isolated dimers, showing hindered rotation of the molecular constituent near an atom. Electric fields therefore add an independent knob for atom-molecule resonances, open spectroscopic access to triatomic quantum states, and advance controlled polyatomic quantum matter.
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spellingShingle Electric-field control of atom-molecule Feshbach resonances
Borgloh, Mara Meyer zum Alten
Heier, Jule
von Gierke, Fritz
Shammout, Baraa
Tiemann, Eberhard
Karpa, Leon
Ospelkaus, Silke
Atomic Physics
Quantum Gases
Chemical Physics
Ultracold molecules provide opportunities for exploring quantum matter, chemical dynamics and information processing thanks to their rich interactions, which can be controlled by external fields. Magnetic fields tune interactions through Feshbach resonances, enabling the formation of ultracold dimers and triatomic molecules from atom-dimer collisions. Here we demonstrate electric-field control of atom-molecule Feshbach resonances. In mixtures of ground-state sodium-potassium molecules and potassium atoms, electric fields shift resonance positions systematically, revealing specific trimer bound states and their electric-field dependent energies. The response differs markedly from isolated dimers, showing hindered rotation of the molecular constituent near an atom. Electric fields therefore add an independent knob for atom-molecule resonances, open spectroscopic access to triatomic quantum states, and advance controlled polyatomic quantum matter.
title Electric-field control of atom-molecule Feshbach resonances
topic Atomic Physics
Quantum Gases
Chemical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.23929