Issue 47, 2020

Coherent manipulation of the internal state of ultracold 87Rb133Cs molecules with multiple microwave fields

Abstract

We explore coherent multi-photon processes in 87Rb133Cs molecules using 3-level lambda and ladder configurations of rotational and hyperfine states, and discuss their relevance to future applications in quantum computation and quantum simulation. In the lambda configuration, we demonstrate the driving of population between two hyperfine levels of the rotational ground state via a two-photon Raman transition. Such pairs of states may be used in the future as a quantum memory, and we measure a Ramsey coherence time for a superposition of these states of 58(9) ms. In the ladder configuration, we show that we can generate and coherently populate microwave dressed states via the observation of an Autler–Townes doublet. We demonstrate that we can control the strength of this dressing by varying the intensity of the microwave coupling field. Finally, we perform spectroscopy of the rotational states of 87Rb133Cs up to N = 6, highlighting the potential of ultracold molecules for quantum simulation in synthetic dimensions. By fitting the measured transition frequencies we determine a new value of the centrifugal distortion coefficient Dv = h × 207.3(2) Hz.

Graphical abstract: Coherent manipulation of the internal state of ultracold 87Rb133Cs molecules with multiple microwave fields

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
03 Sept. 2020
Accepted
07 Okt. 2020
First published
08 Okt. 2020

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020,22, 27529-27538

Coherent manipulation of the internal state of ultracold 87Rb133Cs molecules with multiple microwave fields

J. A. Blackmore, P. D. Gregory, S. L. Bromley and S. L. Cornish, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 27529 DOI: 10.1039/D0CP04651E

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