We report on the first realization of heteronuclear dipolar quantum mixtures of highly magnetic erbium and dysprosium atoms. With a versatile experimental setup, we demonstrate binary Bose-Einstein condensation in five different Er-Dy isotope combinations, as well as one Er-Dy Bose-Fermi mixture. Finally, we present first studies of the interspecies interaction between the two species for one mixture.

arXiv:1807.07555Physical Review LettersNov 21, 2018147 citations

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A two-species five-beam magneto-optical trap for highly magnetic Er and Dy atoms

Gianmaria Durastante, P. Ilzhöfer, A. Patscheider, Claudia Politi, Maximilian Sohmen, A. Trautmann, Manfred J. Mark, Frencesca Ferlaino

Published May 30, 2018• 1 citation

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