Svetlana Kotochigova Group
Physics and Chemistry with Ultracold Atoms and Molecules
Publications 2014 - Present
2021
Floquet engineering ultracold polar molecules to simulate topological insulators
T. Schuster, F. Flicker, M. Li, S. Kotochigova, J. E. Moore, J. Ye , and N. Y. Yao,
Phys. Rev. A 103, 063322 (2021)
Realizing Hopf Insulators in Dipolar Spin Systems
T. Schuster, F. Flicker, M. Li, S. Kotochigova, J. E. Moore, J. Ye , and N. Y. Yao,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 015301 (2021)
Roaming pathways and survival probability in real‐time collisional dynamics of cold and controlled bialkali molecules
J. Kłos, Q. Guan, H. Li, M. Li, E. Tiesinga, and S. Kotochigova,
Nature/Scientific Reports 11:10598 (2021)
Magic conditions for multiple rotational states of bialkali molecules in optical lattices
Q. Guan , S. L. Cornish , and S. Kotochigova,
Phys. Rev. A 103, 043311 (2021)
Non-adiabatic quantum interference in the ultracold Li + LiNa -> Li2 + Na reaction
K. Kendrick, H. Li, M. Li, S. Kotochigova, J. F. E. Croft, and N. Balakrishnan,
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 23, 5096 (2021)
2020
Effects of conical intersections on hyperfine quenching of hydroxyl OH in collision with an ultracold Sr atom
M. Li, J. Klos, A. Petrov, H. Li, and S. Kotochigova,
Nature/Sci. Reports 10, 14130 (2020)
Photon-mediated charge exchange reactions between 39K atoms and 40Ca+ ions in a hybrid trap
H. Li, S. Jyothi, M. Li, J. Klos, A. Petrov, K. Brown, and S. Kotochigova,
PCCP 22, 10870 (2020)
Enhanced molecular yield from a cryogenic buffer gas beam source via excited state chemistry
A. Jadbabaie, N. H. Pilgram, J. Klos, S. Kotochigova, and N. R. Hutzler,
New J. Phys. 22, 022002 (2020)
Feshbach resonances in p-wave three-body recombination within Fermi-Fermi mixtures of open-shell 6Li and
closed-shell 173Yb Atoms
A. Green, H. Li, J.H.S. Toh, X. Tang, K. C. McCormick, M. Li, E. Tiesinga, S. Kotochigova, and S. Gupta,
Phys. Rev. X 10, 031037 (2020)
Prospects for laser cooling of polyatomic molecules with increasing complexity
J. Klos and S. Kotochigova,
Phys. Rev. Research 2, 013384 (2020)
Tune-out and magic wavelengths for ground-state 23Na40K molecules
A. Schindewolf, X.-Y. Chen, M. Duda, S. Kotochigova, I. Bloch, and X.-Y. Luo,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 023201 (2020)
Nondestructive dispersive imaging of rotationally excited ultracold molecules
Q. Guan, M. Highman, E. J. Meier, G. R. Williams, V. Scarola, B. DeMarco, S. Kotochigova, and B. Gadway,
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 22, 20531 (2020)
2019
Emulating optical cycling centers in polyatomic molecules
Ming Li, Jacek Klos, Alexander Petrov, and Svetlana Kotochigova
Comm. Physics-Nature 2, 148 (2019)
Making perfectly controlled arrays of molecules at rest
Svetlana Kotochigova
Science 365, 1079 (2019)
Universal Scattering of Ultracold Atoms and Molecules in Optical Potentials
Hui Li, Ming Li, Constantinos Makrides, Alexander Petrov, and Svetlana Kotochigova
Atoms 7, 36 (2019)
Excitation-assisted nonadiabatic charge-transfer reaction in a mixed atom-ion system
Ming Li, Michael Mills, Prateek Puri, Alexander Petrov, Eric R. Hudson, and Svetlana Kotochigova
Phys. Rev. A 99, 062706 (2019)
Two-photon photoassociation spectroscopy of the 2Sigma+ YbLi molecular ground state
Alaina Green, Jun Hui See Toh, Richard Roy, Ming Li, Svetlana Kotochigova, and Subhadeep Gupta
Phys. Rev. A 99, 063416 (2019)
Engineering Excited-State Interactions at Ultracold Temperatures
Michael Mills, Prateek Puri, Ming Li, Steven J. Schowalter, Alexander Dunning, Christian Schneider,
Svetlana Kotochigova, and Eric R. Hudson
Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 233401 (2019)
2018
Orbital magnetism in spin dynamics of strongly interacting magnetic lanthanide atoms
Ming Li, Eite Tiesinga, and Svetlana Kotochigova
Phys. Rev. A 97, 053627 (2018)
Fractal universality in near-threshold magnetic lanthanide dimers
Constantinos Makrides, Ming Li, Eite Tiesinga, and Svetlana Kotochigova
Science Advances 4:eaap8308 (2018)
Extending Rotational Coherence of Interacting Polar Molecules in a Spin-Decoupled Magic Trap
Frauke Seeßelberg, Xin-Yu Luo, Ming Li, Roman Bause, Svetlana Kotochigova,
Immanuel Bloch, and Christoph Gohle
Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 253401 (2018)
2017
Universality and chaoticity in ultracold K+KRb chemical reactions
J. F. E. Croft, C. Makrides, M. Li, A. Petrov, B. K. Kendrick, N. Balakrishnan, and S. Kotochigova
Nature Comm. 8, 15897 (2017)
Pendular trapping conditions for ultracold polar molecules enforced by external electric fields
M. Li, A. Petrov, C. Makrides, E. Tiesinga, and S. Kotochigova
Phys. Rev. A 95, 063422 (2017)
Laser controlled charge-transfer reaction at low temperatures
A. Petrov, C. Makrides, and S. Kotochigova.
J. Chem. Phys. 146, 084304 (2017)
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2016
Explanation of efficient quenching of molecular ion vibrational motion by ultracold atoms
T. Stoecklin, P. Halvick, M. A. Gannouni, M. Hochlaf, S. Kotochigova, and E. R. Hudson
Nature Comm. 7,11234 (2016)
Photoassociative production of ultracold heteronuclear YbLi∗ molecules
R. Roy, R. Shrestha, A. Green, and S. Gupta, M. Li, S. Kotochigova, A. Petrov, and C. H. Yuen
Phys. Rev. A 94, 033413 (2016)
2015
Magnetic field dependent interactions in an ultracold Li–Yb(3P2) mixture
W. Dowd, R. J. Roy, R. K. Shrestha, A. Petrov, C. Makrides, S. Kotochigova, and S. Gupta
New J. Phys. 17, 055007 (2015)
Photodissociation spectroscopy of the dysprosium monochloride molecular ion
A. Dunning, A. Petrov, S. J. Schowalter, P. Puri, S. Kotochigova, and E. R. Hudson
J. Chem. Phys. 143, 124309 (2015)
Magnetic control of ultra-cold 6Li and 174Yb(3P2) atom mixtures with Feshbach resonances
A. Petrov, C. Makrides, and S. Kotochigova
New J. Phys. 17, 045010 (2015)
Ultracold chemistry with alkali-metal–rare-earth molecules
C. Makrides, J. Hazra, G. B. Pradhan, A. Petrov, B. K. Kendrick, T. González-Lezana, N. Balakrishnan, and S. Kotochigova
Phys. Rev. A 91, 012708 (2015)
Ultracold Dipolar Molecules Composed of Strongly Magnetic Atoms
A. Frisch, M. Mark, K. Aikawa, S. Baier, R. Grimm, A. Petrov, S. Kotochigova, G. Quéméner, M. Lepers, O. Dulieu, and F. Ferlaino
Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 203201 (2015)
Emergence of Chaotic Scattering in Ultracold Er and Dy
T. Maier, H. Kadau, M. Schmitt, M. Wenzel, I. Ferrier-Barbut, T. Pfau, A. Frisch, S. Baier, K. Aikawa, L. Chomaz, M. J. Mark, F. Ferlaino, C. Makrides, E. Tiesinga, A. Petrov, and S. Kotochigova
Phys. Rev. X 5, 041029 (2015)
2014
Ultracold Heteronuclear Mixture of Ground and Excited State Atoms
A. Khramov, A. Hansen, W. Dowd, R. J. Roy, C. Makrides, A. Petrov, S. Kotochigova, and S. Gupta
Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 033201 (2014)
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Quantum chaos in ultracold collisions of gas-phase erbium atoms
A. Frisch, M. Mark, K. Aikawa, F. Ferlaino, J. L. Bohn, C. Makrides, A. Petrov, and S. Kotochigova
Nature 507, 475-488, (2014)
Controlling interactions between highly magnetic atoms with Feshbach resonances
S. Kotochigova
Rep. Prog. Phys. 77, 093901 (2014)
Action spectroscopy of SrCl+ using an integrated ion trap time-of-flight mass spectrometer
P. Puri, S. J. Schowalter, S. Kotochigova, A. Petrov, and E. R. Hudson
J. Chem. Phys. 141, 014309 (2014)