Cold polar molecules in two-dimensional traps: Tailoring interactions with external fields for novel quantum phases

By A. Micheli, Guido Pupillo, Hans Peter Büchler, P. Zoller. 2007

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We discuss techniques to engineer effective long-range interactions between polar molecules using external static electric and microwave fields. We consider a setup where molecules are trapped in a two-dimensional pancake geometry by a far-off-resonance optical trap, which ensures the stability of the dipolar collisions. We detail how to modify the shape and the strength of the long-range part of interaction potentials, which can be utilized to realize interesting quantum phases in the context of cold molecular gases.

Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy

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• Quantum control of molecular rotation (2018, background): “For example, microwave coupling of rotational states leads to long-range repulsive interactions between ultracold polar molecules (Micheli et al., 2007; Gorshkov et al., 2008; Karman and Hutson, 2018) and allows one to control the molecular scattering length (Lassablière and Quéméner, 2018).”