Quantum state manipulation and cooling of ultracold molecules

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2305.13445v2
• Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 20:24:30 GMT
• Title: Quantum state manipulation and cooling of ultracold molecules
• Authors: Tim Langen, Giacomo Valtolina, Dajun Wang, Jun Ye,
• Abstract summary: Two widely employed cooling techniques have brought molecular gases into the quantum regime. These advances have brought into reality our capability to prepare and manipulate both internal and external states of molecules quantum mechanically.
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• Abstract: An increasingly large variety of molecular species are being cooled down to low energies in recent years, and innovative ideas and powerful techniques continue to emerge to gain ever more precise control of molecular motion. In this brief review we focus our discussions on two widely employed cooling techniques that have brought molecular gases into the quantum regime: association of ultracold atomic gases into quantum gases of molecules and direct laser cooling of molecules. These advances have brought into reality our capability to prepare and manipulate both internal and external states of molecules quantum mechanically, opening the field of cold molecules to a wide range of scientific explorations.

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