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Q: Fachverband Quantenoptik und Photonik

Q 51: Poster Ultrakalte Moleküle

Q 51.1: Poster

Thursday, March 13, 2008, 16:30–19:00, Poster C2

Towards an ultracold gas of polar molecules — •Karin Mörtlbauer, Christian Glück, Jörg Lange, Johannes Deiglmayr, Anna Grochola, Roland Wester, and Matthias Weidemüller — Albert-Ludwigs Universität, Physikalisches Institut, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, 79104 Freiburg i.Brsg., Germany

We recently demonstrated the formation of ultracold LiCs molecules by the trapping light of a double species magneto optical trap [1] and also achieved the active photoassociation of dipolar LiCs molecules in the same setup. In order to create a stable and large ensemble of ultracold LiCs molecules, we will form the molecules in an optical dipole trap [2] and transfer them into the absolute ro-vibrational ground state relying on a Raman-type relaxation scheme and radiative decay. Estimates for the transfer efficiency are derived and the current status of the experimental setup is described.
[1] S. D. Kraft et al., J. Phys. B 39, S993 (2006)

[2] M. Mudrich et al., PRL 88, 253001 (2002)