General approach to state-dependent optical-tweezer traps for polar molecules

State-dependent optical tweezers can be used to trap a pair of molecules with a separation much smaller than the wavelength of the trapping light, greatly enhancing the dipole-dipole interaction between them. Here we describe a general approach to producing these state-dependent potentials using the...

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Main Authors: L. Caldwell, M. R. Tarbutt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2021-03-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.013291