<div class="csl-bib-body">
<div class="csl-entry">Shah, N. J., Leczek, L., Groß, P., Kostal, L., Golser, L., Schidewolf, A., & Langen, T. (2026, October 14). <i>Toward quantum simulation with laser-cooled CaF molecules</i> [Presentation]. SFB Qnnect Seminar, Munich, Germany.</div>
</div>
-
dc.identifier.uri
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/231735
-
dc.description.abstract
Ultracold dipolar molecules in bulk systems and in tweezers offer unique opportunities for many-body physics and quantum simulation. Species with optical cycling transitions such as calcium monofluoride (CaF) are particularly attractive, as they allow for direct laser cooling and efficient single-molecule detection. However, these systems have complementary limitations: tweezer arrays offer excellent control but are limited in size, while bulk CaF samples have not yet achieved the phase-space densities required for quantum degeneracy.
We will present a new experimental setup for the cooling of CaF molecules designed to overcome these limitations. It integrates a buffer-gas source with efficient molecular beam collimation using sub-Doppler transverse laser cooling, enabling high-fidelity loading of molecules into a magneto-optical trap. This provides a natural starting point for increasing the achievable phase-space density in bulk samples, as well as for loading molecules into large-scale optical tweezer arrays. Together, these advances push bulk systems toward degeneracy while enhancing the scalability of tweezer-based platforms, opening access to strongly correlated dipolar regimes and more controlled quantum simulations of magnetism and exotic many-body phases.
en
dc.description.sponsorship
FWF - Österr. Wissenschaftsfonds
-
dc.description.sponsorship
European Commission
-
dc.language.iso
en
-
dc.subject
Quantum simulation
en
dc.subject
Ultracold molecules
en
dc.subject
Quantum many-body physics
en
dc.title
Toward quantum simulation with laser-cooled CaF molecules
en
dc.type
Presentation
en
dc.type
Vortrag
de
dc.contributor.affiliation
TU Wien, Austria
-
dc.relation.grantno
F 101200
-
dc.relation.grantno
949431
-
dc.type.category
Presentation
-
tuw.publication.invited
invited
-
tuw.project.title
Quantensysteme von neutralen Atomen mit hoher Konnektivität
-
tuw.project.title
Supersolids and beyond: Exploring new states of matter with laser-cooled dipolar molecules
-
tuw.researchTopic.id
Q3
-
tuw.researchTopic.id
Q6
-
tuw.researchTopic.name
Quantum Modeling and Simulation
-
tuw.researchTopic.name
Quantum Many-body Systems Physics
-
tuw.researchTopic.value
50
-
tuw.researchTopic.value
50
-
tuw.publication.orgunit
E141-01 - Forschungsbereich Cold Molecules and Quantum Technologies
