Date Dec 1, 2021, 3:00 pm – 3:00 pm Location Jadwin 481 Share on X Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Speaker Jessie Zhang Affiliation Harvard University Presentation Assembling an optical tweezer array of fully quantum-state controlled polar molecules Details Event Description The ability to control particles in the quantum regime at the individual particle level has been a long sought goal in the realm of quantum science for the past few decades. Such individually controlled entities could then serve as building blocks for quantum simulators and computers. Of the many quantum objects developed in pursuit of this goal, ultracold molecules, compared to their counterpart ultracold atoms, host rich internal states and unique inter-particle interactions that could lend themselves useful in many applications. In this talk, I will discuss how we assemble single molecules from single atoms trapped in optical tweezer arrays. This bottom-up approach utilizes laser cooling and trapping techniques of ultracold atoms and has enabled us to achieve full quantum state control of individually trapped molecules in an array. This opens up many exciting possibilities that can harness the rich properties of ultracold molecules. Sponsor Princeton University Department of Physics