Detecting and engineering nonclassical quantum many-body states of polar molecules (A03)

• Subject Area: Optics, Quantum Optics and Physics of Atoms, Molecules and Plasmas
• Term: since 2016
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 274200144

In project, we are developing a versatile optical lattice-based platform for the study of dipolar quantum many-body physics based on ultracold polar 23Na39K molecules with a dipole moment of 2.7 Debye. Our work will initially focus on the dynamics of spin patterns with pinned molecules in different dimensions in a pseudo-spin 1/2 system with dipolar interaction. We plan to extend our work to Hubbard models in which polar molecules tunnel between lattice sites. The project will be carried out in close collaboration with other projects.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1227: Designed Quantum States of Matter (DQ-mat) - generation, manipulation, and detection for metrological applications and tests of fundamental physics
• Applicant Institution: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover
• Project Heads: Privatdozent Dr. Leon Karpa, since 7/2024; Professorin Dr. Silke Ospelkaus; Alessandro Zenesini, Ph.D., until 6/2020