Observation of collisions between two ultracold ground-State CaF molecules

Lawrence W. Cheuk; Loïc Anderegg; Yicheng Bao; Sean Burchesky; Scarlett S. Yu; Wolfgang Ketterle; Kang Kuen Ni; John M. Doyle

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.043401

Observation of collisions between two ultracold ground-State CaF molecules

Lawrence W. Cheuk, Loïc Anderegg, Yicheng Bao, Sean Burchesky, Scarlett S. Yu, Wolfgang Ketterle, Kang Kuen Ni, John M. Doyle

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We measure inelastic collisions between ultracold CaF molecules by combining two optical tweezers, each containing a single molecule. We observe collisions between, and in excited hyperfine and rotational states. In the absolute ground state, we find a two-body loss rate of, which is below, but close to, the predicted universal loss rate.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	043401
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	125
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.043401
State	Published - Jul 24 2020

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