Svetlana Kotochigova

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Svetlana Kotochigova

  • College of Science and Technology

    • Physics

      • Research Professor

Selected Publications

Recent

  • Qin, Z., Lee, W., Demarco, B., Gadway, B., Kotochigova, S., & Scarola, V. (2021). Quantifying entanglement in cluster states built with error-prone interactions. Physical Review Research, 3(4). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.043118.

  • Kłos, J., Guan, Q., Li, H., Li, M., Tiesinga, E., & Kotochigova, S. (2021). Roaming pathways and survival probability in real-time collisional dynamics of cold and controlled bialkali molecules. Scientific Reports, 11(1). doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-90004-0.

  • Hermsmeier, R., Kłos, J., Kotochigova, S., & Tscherbul, T. (2021). Quantum Spin State Selectivity and Magnetic Tuning of Ultracold Chemical Reactions of Triplet Alkali-Metal Dimers with Alkali-Metal Atoms. Physical Review Letters, 127(10). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.103402.

  • Tiesinga, E., Kłos, J., Li, M., Petrov, A., & Kotochigova, S. (2021). Relativistic aspects of orbital and magnetic anisotropies in the chemical bonding and structure of lanthanide molecules. New Journal of Physics, 23(8). doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/ac1a9a.

  • Schuster, T., Flicker, F., Li, M., Kotochigova, S., Moore, J., Ye, J., & Yao, N. (2021). Realizing Hopf Insulators in Dipolar Spin Systems. Physical Review Letters, 127(1). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.015301.

  • Schuster, T., Flicker, F., Li, M., Kotochigova, S., Moore, J., Ye, J., & Yao, N. (2021). Floquet engineering ultracold polar molecules to simulate topological insulators. Physical Review A, 103(6). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.103.063322.

  • Guan, Q., Cornish, S., & Kotochigova, S. (2021). Magic conditions for multiple rotational states of bialkali molecules in optical lattices. Physical Review A, 103(4). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.103.043311.

  • Kendrick, B., Li, H., Li, M., Kotochigova, S., Croft, J., & Balakrishnan, N. (2021). Non-adiabatic quantum interference in the ultracold Li + LiNa → Li2+ Na reaction. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 23(9), 5096-5112. doi: 10.1039/d0cp05499b.

  • Li, M., Kłos, J., Petrov, A., Li, H., & Kotochigova, S. (2020). Effects of conical intersections on hyperfine quenching of hydroxyl OH in collision with an ultracold Sr atom. Scientific Reports, 10(1). doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-71068-w.

  • Guan, Q., Highman, M., Meier, E., Williams, G., Scarola, V., Demarco, B., Kotochigova, S., & Gadway, B. (2020). Nondestructive dispersive imaging of rotationally excited ultracold molecules. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 22(36), 20531-20544. doi: 10.1039/d0cp03419c.

  • Green, A., Li, H., Toh, J.S., Tang, X., McCormick, K., Li, M., Tiesinga, E., Kotochigova, S., & Gupta, S. (2020). Feshbach Resonances in p -Wave Three-Body Recombination within Fermi-Fermi Mixtures of Open-Shell Li 6 and Closed-Shell Yb 173 Atoms. Physical Review X, 10(3). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevX.10.031037.

  • Bause, R., Li, M., Schindewolf, A., Chen, X., Duda, M., Kotochigova, S., Bloch, I., & Luo, X. (2020). Tune-Out and Magic Wavelengths for Ground-State Na 23 K 40 Molecules. Physical Review Letters, 125(2). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.023201.

  • Kendrick, B., Li, M., Li, H., Kotochigova, S., Croft, J., & Balakrishnan, N. (2020). Non-adiabatic quantum dynamics of the ultracold Li+LiNa→ Li2+Na chemical reaction. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1412(12). doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/1412/12/122016.

  • Li, H., Jyothi, S., Li, M., Kłos, J., Petrov, A., Brown, K., & Kotochigova, S. (2020). Photon-mediated charge exchange reactions between 39K atoms and 40Ca+ ions in a hybrid trap. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 22(19), 10870-10881. doi: 10.1039/d0cp01131b.

  • Kłos, J. & Kotochigova, S. (2020). Prospects for laser cooling of polyatomic molecules with increasing complexity. Physical Review Research, 2(1). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.013384.

  • Jadbabaie, A., Pilgram, N., Kłos, J., Kotochigova, S., & Hutzler, N. (2020). Enhanced molecular yield from a cryogenic buffer gas beam source via excited state chemistry. New Journal of Physics, 22(2). doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/ab6eae.

  • Li, M., Kłos, J., Petrov, A., & Kotochigova, S. (2019). Emulating optical cycling centers in polyatomic molecules. Communications Physics, 2(1). doi: 10.1038/s42005-019-0245-2.

  • Kotochigova, S. (2019). Making perfectly controlled arrays of molecules at rest. Science, 365(6458), 1079. doi: 10.1126/science.aay3989.

  • Green, A., Toh, J.S., Roy, R., Li, M., Kotochigova, S., & Gupta, S. (2019). Two-photon photoassociation spectroscopy of the ς + 2 YbLi molecular ground state. Physical Review A, 99(6). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.99.063416.

  • Mills, M., Puri, P., Li, M., Schowalter, S., Dunning, A., Schneider, C., Kotochigova, S., & Hudson, E. (2019). Engineering Excited-State Interactions at Ultracold Temperatures. Physical Review Letters, 122(23). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.233401.

  • Li, M., Mills, M., Puri, P., Petrov, A., Hudson, E., & Kotochigova, S. (2019). Excitation-assisted nonadiabatic charge-transfer reaction in a mixed atom-ion system. Physical Review A, 99(6). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.99.062706.

  • Li, H., Li, M., Makrides, C., Petrov, A., & Kotochigova, S. (2019). Universal scattering of ultracold atoms and molecules in optical potentials. Atoms, 7(1). doi: 10.3390/atoms7010036.

  • Seeßelberg, F., Luo, X., Li, M., Bause, R., Kotochigova, S., Bloch, I., & Gohle, C. (2018). Extending Rotational Coherence of Interacting Polar Molecules in a Spin-Decoupled Magic Trap. Physical Review Letters, 121(25). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.253401.

  • Li, M., Tiesinga, E., & Kotochigova, S. (2018). Orbital quantum magnetism in spin dynamics of strongly interacting magnetic lanthanide atoms. Physical Review A, 97(5). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.97.053627.

  • Croft, J., Makrides, C., Li, M., Petrov, A., Kendrick, B., Naduvalath, B., & Kotochigova, S. (2018). Universality and chaoticity in ultracold chemical reactions. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 255. Retrieved from http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000435539905328&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=abcd71df5a6dac31fd219478b0a9c638.

  • Kotochigova, S. (2018). Molecules as reactive species at a collision energy close to absolute zero. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 255. Retrieved from http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000435539905330&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=abcd71df5a6dac31fd219478b0a9c638.

  • Makrides, C., Li, M., Tiesinga, E., & Kotochigova, S. (2018). Fractal universality in near-threshold magnetic lanthanide dimers. Science Advances, 4(2). doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aap8308.

  • Croft, J., Makrides, C., Li, M., Petrov, A., Kotochigova, S., Kendrick, B., & Balakrishnan, N. (2017). Quantum-State Resolved Study of the Ultracold K+KRb Reaction. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 875(9). doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/875/9/082004.

  • Croft, J., Makrides, C., Li, M., Petrov, A., Kendrick, B., Balakrishnan, N., & Kotochigova, S. (2017). Universality and chaoticity in ultracold K+KRb chemical reactions. Nature Communications, 8. doi: 10.1038/ncomms15897.

  • Li, M., Petrov, A., Makrides, C., Tiesinga, E., & Kotochigova, S. (2017). Pendular trapping conditions for ultracold polar molecules enforced by external electric fields. Physical Review A, 95(6). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.95.063422.

  • Petrov, A., Makrides, C., & Kotochigova, S. (2017). Laser controlled charge-transfer reaction at low temperatures. Journal of Chemical Physics, 146(8). doi: 10.1063/1.4976972.