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MO: Fachverband Molekülphysik
MO 13: Posters 3: Cold Molecules, Helium Nano Droplets, and Experimental Techniques
MO 13.18: Poster
Wednesday, March 19, 2014, 16:30–18:30, Spree-Palais
En route to many-body physics with 23Na-40K ground-state polar molecules — •Zhenkai Lu, Nikolaus Buchheim, Tobias Schneider, Immanuel Bloch, and Christoph Gohle — Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Straße 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
Ultra cold quantum gases with long-range dipolar interaction promise exciting new possibilities for quantum simulation of strongly interacting many-body systems.
New classes of many-body phases (like super solids and stripe phases) are on the horizon and ferroelectric phases of highly polarizable systems are expected [1][2].
We have constructed an experimental apparatus aiming to create ultracold chemical stable ground-state 23Na-40K molecules. We will present the design considerations, implementation and performance of the experiment. In addition, we will present our recent results on producing 23Na-40K Feshbach molecules.
[1] G. Pupillo, et al. Condensed Matter Physics with Cold Polar Molecules. arXiv: 0805.1896 (2008).
[2] M. Iskin, et al. Ultracold Heteronuclear Molecules and Ferroelectric Superfluids. Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 110402 (2007).