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MO: Fachverband Molekülphysik
MO 19: Poster 2: Biomolecules, Cold Molecules, Experimental Techniques, Various Topics
MO 19.11: Poster
Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 16:00–18:30, Empore Lichthof
Towards the creation of ground-state RbSr molecules — •Slava Tzanova1, Alex Bayerle1,2, Benjamin Pasquiou1, Simon Stellmer1, Florian Vogl1, Rudolf Grimm1,2, and Florian Schreck1 — 1Institut für Quantenoptik und Quanteninformation (IQOQI), Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria — 2Institut für Experimentalphysik und Zentrum für Quantenphysik Universität Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Ground-state RbSr molecules are polar open-shell molecules. Their electric dipole moment gives rise to anisotropic long-range interactions. In contrast to bi-alkali ground-state molecules, they possess an unpaired electron, which provides them with additional degrees of freedom. Their interaction properties can be tuned by electric as well as magnetic fields, which will allow us to study novel quantum chemistry and provides us with a platform for spin-lattice quantum simulations.
We recently have extended our Sr apparatus by Rb and produced a double BEC of the two species. Following our work on the production of Sr2 molecules, we intend to associate atoms into RbSr molecules by STIRAP. We are currently carrying out photoassociation measurements in order to determine the interspecies scattering properties as well as suitable optical transitions for molecule formation.