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most citedFormation of ultracold molecules by merging optical tweezers

63 citations · 223 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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10 papers

physics.atom-ph2026

Experiments with interacting ultracold polar molecules

Philip D. Gregory, Jonathan M. Mortlock, Daniel K. Ruttley +1

Ultracold polar molecules have emerged as an exciting platform for experiments in quantum science, with many proposed applications seeking to leverage the existence of long-range d…

physics.atom-ph2026

A coherent quantum interface between a neutral atom and a polar molecule

Daniel K. Ruttley, Tom R. Hepworth, Juan M. García-Garrido +4

Arrays of trapped neutral atoms and polar molecules have separately emerged as powerful and complementary platforms for quantum science. Neutral atoms enable fast, programmable int…

physics.atom-ph2024★ 8 cited

Long-lived multilevel coherences and spin-1 dynamics encoded in the rotational states of ultracold molecules

Tom R. Hepworth, Daniel K. Ruttley, Fritz von Gierke +3

Rotational states of ultracold polar molecules possess long radiative lifetimes, microwave-domain coupling, and tunable dipolar interactions. The availability of numerous rotationa…

physics.atom-ph2024★ 9 cited

Individual assembly of two-species Rydberg molecules using optical tweezers

Alexander Guttridge, Tom R. Hepworth, Daniel K. Ruttley +3

We present a new approach to investigating Rydberg molecules by demonstrating the formation and characterization of individual RbCs Rydberg molecules using optical tweezers.…

physics.atom-ph2024★ 45 cited

Long-lived entanglement of molecules in magic-wavelength optical tweezers

Daniel K. Ruttley, Tom R. Hepworth, Alexander Guttridge +1

Realising quantum control and entanglement of particles is crucial for advancing both quantum technologies and fundamental science. Significant developments in this domain have bee…

physics.atom-ph2024★ 39 cited

Enhanced quantum control of individual ultracold molecules using optical tweezer arrays

Daniel K. Ruttley, Alexander Guttridge, Tom R. Hepworth +1

Control over the quantum states of individual molecules is crucial in the quest to harness their rich internal structure and dipolar interactions for applications in quantum scienc…

physics.atom-ph2023★ 35 cited

Observation of Rydberg blockade due to the charge-dipole interaction between an atom and a polar molecule

Alexander Guttridge, Daniel K. Ruttley, Archie C. Baldock +4

We demonstrate Rydberg blockade due to the charge-dipole interaction between a single Rb atom and a single RbCs molecule confined in optical tweezers. The molecule is formed by mag…

physics.atom-ph2023★ 63 cited

Formation of ultracold molecules by merging optical tweezers

Daniel K. Ruttley, Alexander Guttridge, Stefan Spence +4

We demonstrate the formation of a single RbCs molecule during the merging of two optical tweezers, one containing a single Rb atom and the other a single Cs atom. Both atoms are in…

physics.atom-ph2022★ 17 cited

Preparation of Rb and Cs in the motional ground state of a single optical tweezer

S. Spence, R. V. Brooks, D. K. Ruttley +2

We report simultaneous Raman sideband cooling of a single Rb atom and a single Cs atom held in separate optical tweezers at 814\,nm and 938\,nm, respectively. Starti…

physics.atom-ph2022★ 7 cited

Feshbach Spectroscopy of Cs Atom Pairs in Optical Tweezers

R V Brooks, A Guttridge, Matthew D Frye +4

We prepare pairs of Cs atoms in a single optical tweezer and perform Feshbach spectroscopy for collisions of atoms in the states . We detect enhancements i…