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Journal Article
Field-linked resonances of polar molecules
2023
Overview
Scattering resonances are an essential tool for controlling the interactions of ultracold atoms and molecules. However, conventional Feshbach scattering resonances
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, which have been extensively studied in various platforms
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–
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, are not expected to exist in most ultracold polar molecules because of the fast loss that occurs when two molecules approach at a close distance
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–
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. Here we demonstrate a new type of scattering resonance that is universal for a wide range of polar molecules. The so-called field-linked resonances
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–
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occur in the scattering of microwave-dressed molecules because of stable macroscopic tetramer states in the intermolecular potential. We identify two resonances between ultracold ground-state sodium–potassium molecules and use the microwave frequencies and polarizations to tune the inelastic collision rate by three orders of magnitude, from the unitary limit to well below the universal regime. The field-linked resonance provides a tuning knob to independently control the elastic contact interaction and the dipole–dipole interaction, which we observe as a modification in the thermalization rate. Our result provides a general strategy for resonant scattering between ultracold polar molecules, which paves the way for realizing dipolar superfluids
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and molecular supersolids
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, as well as assembling ultracold polyatomic molecules.
A type of universal scattering resonance between ultracold microwave-dressed polar molecules associated with field-linked tetramer bound states in the long-range potential well is observed, providing a general strategy for resonant scattering between ultracold polar molecules.
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Nature Publishing Group UK,Nature Publishing Group
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