Dresden 2011 – wissenschaftliches Programm
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A: Fachverband Atomphysik
A 13: Poster II
A 13.13: Poster
Dienstag, 15. März 2011, 18:00–20:00, P1
Ultracold Rydberg Molecules — •Iris Reichenbach1, Weibin Li2, and Jan-Michael Rost1 — 1Max Planck Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Dresden, Germany — 2University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
Recently, there has been considerable interest in Rydberg molecules, that is molecules involving one Rydberg atom and a ground state atom or molecule. [1,2,3] This is due to the large size, high polarizability and low binding energy of such molecules, which allow for control of the resulting states and interactions. Furthermore, the unique properties of these molecules allows for basic research in ultracold chemistry, as well as a more detailed examination of ultracold scattering processes, ultracold gases and possible applications in quantum information processing. We focus here on a molecule consisting of one Rydberg atom and one ground state dimer, and examine the dependence of the resulting state on the details of the constituents, such as their relative orientation.
[1] C. H. Greene et al, PRL 85, 2458 (2000).
[2] V. Bendkowsky et al, Nature (London) 458, 1005 (2009).
[3] V. Bendkowsky et al. PRL 105, 163201 (2010).