Interplay of spin and motional dynamics in ultracold atoms and molecules

Goulven Quéméner, N. Balakrishnan, Roman V. Krems

Qiong-Yi, He, Margaret +9 more

Annette N. Carroll, Henrik Hirzler, Calder Miller +8 more

Long-range and anisotropic dipolar interactions profoundly modify the dynamics of particles hopping in a periodic lattice potential. We report the realization of a generalized t-J model with dipolar interactions using a system of ultracold fermionic molecules with spin encoded in the two lowest rotational states. We independently tuned the dipolar Ising and spin-exchange couplings and the molecular motion and studied their interplay on coherent spin dynamics. Using Ramsey spectroscopy, we observed and modeled interaction-driven contrast decay that depends strongly both on the strength of the anisotropy between Ising and spin-exchange couplings and on motion. This study paves the way for future exploration of kinetic spin dynamics and quantum magnetism with highly tunable molecular platforms in regimes that are challenging for existing numerical and analytical methods.

Jesús Pérez‐Ríos

A single ion in an ultracold gas is a versatile experimental platform to study interactions between charged and neutral particles in a controllable manner. When the gas density is large enough, a single ion can be viewed as an impurity in a sea of ultracold atoms or molecules. On the other hand, that single ion can also undergo a chemical reaction with atoms or molecules in the gas. This article discusses the dynamics of a charged impurity in an ultracold bath and the interplay between cold chemistry and impurity physics.

Зинган Анна Петровна, Olga F. Vasilieva, P. I. Khadzhi

Abstract The results of investigation of the photodissociation dynamics of triatomic Bose-condensed ultracold molecules (trimers) with the formation of atoms and diatomic (dimer) pairs are presented. The interaction Hamiltonian is proposed, and a system of nonlinear equations is constructed that describes the evolution of atoms and molecules. Integrals of motion are obtained, and a nonlinear differential equation is derived for the time evolution of the atomic density with the use of these integrals. The solutions of this equation in various approximations imply that, depending on the initial conditions, different regimes of time evolution of the system are possible: periodic and aperiodic regimes.

Benjamin Land, Christopher D. Hamley, Corey Gerving +3 more