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  • Molecular Assembly of Groun...
    Liu, L. R.; Hood, J. D.; Yu, Y.; Zhang, J. T.; Wang, K.; Lin, Y.-W.; Rosenband, T.; Ni, K.-K.

    Physical review. X, 05/2019, Letnik: 9, Številka: 2
    Journal Article

    We demonstrate full quantum state control of two species of single atoms using optical tweezers and assemble the atoms into a molecule. Our demonstration includes 3D ground-state cooling of a single atom (Cs) in an optical tweezer, transport by several microns with minimal heating, and merging with a single Na atom. Subsequently, both atoms occupy the simultaneous motional ground state with 61(4)% probability. This realizes a sample of exactly two cotrapped atoms near the phase-space-density limit of one, and allows for efficient stimulated-Raman transfer of a pair of atoms into a molecular bound state of the triplet electronic ground potentiala3Σ+. The results are key steps toward coherent creation of single ultracold molecules for future exploration of quantum simulation and quantum information processing.