Publication

Production of a Quantum Gas of Rovibronic Ground-State Molecules in an Optical Lattice
Laser Spectroscopy Proceedings of the XIX International Conference 256–269 (2009)
Recent years have seen tremendous progress in the field of cold and ultracold molecules. A central goal in the field is currently the …
Deeply bound ultracold molecules in an optical lattice
New Journal of Physics 11, (2009)
We demonstrate efficient transfer of ultracold molecules into a deeply bound rovibrational level of the singlet ground state potential …
Precision molecular spectroscopy for ground state transfer of molecular quantum gases
Faraday Discussions 142, 283–295 (2009)
One possibility for the creation of ultracold, high phase space density quantum gases of molecules in the rovibronic ground state …
Dark resonances for ground-state transfer of molecular quantum gases
Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics 95, 219–225 (2009)
One possible way to produce ultra-cold, high-phase-space-density quantum gases of molecules in the rovibronic ground state is given by …
Quantum gas of deeply bound ground state molecules
Science 321, 1062–1066 (2008)
Molecular cooling techniques face the hurdle of dissipating translational as well as internal energy in the presence of a rich …
Control of interaction-induced dephasing of Bloch oscillations
Physical Review Letters 100, (2008)
We report on the control of interaction-induced dephasing of Bloch oscillations for an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate in an optical …
Potential roughness near lithographically fabricated atom chips
Physical Review A 76, (2007)
Potential roughness has been reported to severely impair experiments in magnetic microtraps. We show that these obstacles can be …
Relevance of sub-surface chip layers for the lifetime of magnetically trapped atoms
European Physical Journal D: Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics 35, 97–104 (2005)
We investigate the lifetime of magnetically trapped atoms above a planar, layered atom chip structure. Numerical calculations of the …
Ultracold atoms on atom chips: Manipulation at the um distance scale
AIP Conference Proceedings, ATOMIC PHYSICS 19 770, 144–153 (2005)
Miniaturized potentials near the surface of atom chips can be used as flexible and versatile tools for the manipulation of ultracold …
Bose-Einstein condensates: microscopic magnetic-field imaging
Nature 435, 440 (2005)
Today’s magnetic-field sensors are not capable of making measurements with both high spatial resolution and good field …