Observation of Rydberg blockade due to the charge-dipole interaction between an atom and a polar molecule
(2023)
Journal Article
Guttridge, A., Ruttley, D., Baldock, A., González-Férez, R., Sadeghpour, H., Adams, C., & Cornish, S. (2023). Observation of Rydberg blockade due to the charge-dipole interaction between an atom and a polar molecule. Physical Review Letters, 131(1), Article 013401. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.013401
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 magnetoassociation of a Rb+Cs atom pair and subsequently transferred to t... Read More about Observation of Rydberg blockade due to the charge-dipole interaction between an atom and a polar molecule.