Ultracold Dense Samples of Dipolar RbCs Molecules in the Rovibrational and Hyperfine Ground State

Abstract

We produce ultracold dense trapped samples of ${}^{87}\mathrm{Rb}{}^{133}\mathrm{Cs}$ molecules in their rovibrational ground state, with full nuclear hyperfine state control, by stimulated Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP) with efficiencies of 90%. We observe the onset of hyperfine-changing collisions when the magnetic field is ramped so that the molecules are no longer in the hyperfine ground state. A strong quadratic shift of the transition frequencies as a function of applied electric field shows the strongly dipolar character of the RbCs ground-state molecule. Our results open up the prospect of realizing stable bosonic dipolar quantum gases with ultracold molecules.