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most citedAn Optical Tweezer Array of Ultracold Molecules

308 citations · 909 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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12 papers

physics.atom-ph2026

Fast single-atom preparation in optical tweezers via Rydberg blockade

Yiyi Li, Vernon M. Hughes, Michael Peper +4

Continuously replenished optical tweezer arrays will unlock unlimited-depth quantum circuits with neutral atom qubits. A key bottleneck limiting the cycle time of these systems is…

quant-ph2025

Fast, continuous and coherent atom replacement in a neutral atom qubit array

Yiyi Li, Yicheng Bao, Michael Peper +2

Neutral atom quantum processors are a promising platform for scalable quantum computing. An obstacle to implementing deep quantum circuits is managing atom loss, which constitutes…

physics.atom-ph2024

A conveyor-belt magneto-optical trap of CaF

Scarlett S. Yu, Jiaqi You, Yicheng Bao +8

We report the experimental realization of a conveyor-belt magneto-optical trap for calcium monofluoride (CaF) molecules. The obtained highly-compressed cloud has a mean radius of 6…

physics.atom-ph2023★ 3 cited

Raman sideband cooling of molecules in an optical tweezer array to the 3-D motional ground state

Yicheng Bao, Scarlett S. Yu, Jiaqi You +5

Ultracold polar molecules are promising for quantum information processing and searches for physics beyond the Standard Model. Laser cooling to ultracold temperatures is an establi…

physics.atom-ph2022★ 13 cited

Dipolar spin-exchange and entanglement between molecules in an optical tweezer array

Yicheng Bao, Scarlett S. Yu, Loïc Anderegg +4

Due to their intrinsic electric dipole moments and rich internal structure, ultracold polar molecules are promising candidate qubits for quantum computing and for a wide range of q…

physics.atom-ph2022★ 15 cited

Fast optical transport of ultracold molecules over long distances

Yicheng Bao, Scarlett S. Yu, Loïc Anderegg +6

Optically trapped laser-cooled polar molecules hold promise for new science and technology in quantum information and quantum simulation. Large numerical aperture optical access an…

physics.atom-ph2021★ 89 cited

Rotational Coherence Times of Polar Molecules in Optical Tweezers

Sean Burchesky, Loic Anderegg, Yicheng Bao +5

Qubit coherence times are critical to the performance of any robust quantum computing platform. For quantum information processing using arrays of polar molecules, a key performanc…

physics.atom-ph2021★ 11 cited

Observation of Microwave Shielding of Ultracold Molecules

Loïc Anderegg, Sean Burchesky, Yicheng Bao +6

Harnessing the potential wide-ranging quantum science applications of molecules will require control of their interactions. Here, we use microwave radiation to directly engineer an…

physics.atom-ph2020★ 109 cited

Observation of Collisions between Two Ultracold Ground-State CaF Molecules

Lawrence W. Cheuk, Loïc Anderegg, Yicheng Bao +5

We measure inelastic collisions between ultracold CaF molecules by combining two optical tweezers, each containing a single molecule. We observe collisions between CaF molecu…

physics.atom-ph2019★ 308 cited

An Optical Tweezer Array of Ultracold Molecules

Loïc Anderegg, Lawrence W. Cheuk, Yicheng Bao +4

Arrays of single ultracold molecules promise to be a powerful platform for many applications ranging from quantum simulation to precision measurement. Here we report on the creatio…

physics.atom-ph2018★ 132 cited

-Enhanced Imaging of Molecules in an Optical Trap

Lawrence W. Cheuk, Loïc Anderegg, Benjamin L. Augenbraun +4

We report non-destructive imaging of optically trapped calcium monofluoride (CaF) molecules using in-situ -enhanced gray molasses cooling. times more fluorescence is obtai…

physics.atom-ph2018★ 229 cited

Laser Cooling of Optically Trapped Molecules

Loïc Anderegg, Benjamin L. Augenbraun, Yicheng Bao +4

Calcium monofluoride (CaF) molecules are loaded into an optical dipole trap (ODT) and subsequently laser cooled within the trap. Starting with magneto-optical trapping, we sub-Dopp…