Mickey McDonald

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors characterize the properties of deeply subradiant molecular states with intrinsic quality factors exceeding 1013 via precise optical spectroscopy with the longest molecule-light coherent interaction times to date.

TL;DR: Large samples of stable ultracold (88)Sr(2) molecules in the electronic ground state in an optical lattice are produced using a fast, all-optical method that uses excitation to a weakly bound electronically excited vibrational level corresponding to a very large dimer.

TL;DR: The experimental ability to produce well-defined quantum continuum states at low energies will enable high-precision studies of long-range molecular potentials for which accurate quantum chemistry models are unavailable, and may serve as a source of entangled states and coherent matter waves for a wide range of experiments in quantum optics.

TL;DR: Narrow molecular transitions are studied to demonstrate precise frequency-based lattice thermometry, as well as carrier cooling, which should be applicable down to nanokelvin temperatures.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors created, probe, and image microkelvin 88Sr2 molecules in a lattice, and demonstrate precise measurements of molecular parameters as well as coherent control of molecular quantum states using optical fields.