Photoassociation of Ultracold CsYb Molecules and Determination of Interspecies Scattering Lengths

• Main Author: Guttridge, Alexander (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Phase transformations (Statistical physics).; Condensed materials.; Quantum physics.; Spectroscopy.; Microscopy.; Quantum Gases and Condensates.; Quantum Physics.; Spectroscopy and Microscopy.

This thesis lays the groundwork for producing a new class of ultracold molecule by associating an alkali-metal atom and a closed-shell alkaline-earth-like atom, specifically Cs and Yb. Such molecules exhibit both a magnetic dipole moment and an electric dipole moment in their ground state. This extr...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Routes to Ground State CsYb Molecules
• Experimental Setup
• Quantum Degenerate Gases of Yb
• A Quantum Degenerate Gas of Cs
• Thermalisation in an ultracold mixture of Cs and Yb
• One-Photon Photoassociation
• Two-Photon Photoassociation
• Conclusions and Outlook
• Bibliography.