@article {1476, title = {Long-lived dipolar molecules and Feshbach molecules in a 3D optical lattice }, journal = {Physical Review Letters}, volume = {108}, year = {2012}, month = {2012/2/23}, abstract = { We have realized long-lived ground-state polar molecules in a 3D optical lattice, with a lifetime of up to 25 s, which is limited only by off-resonant scattering of the trapping light. Starting from a 2D optical lattice, we observe that the lifetime increases dramatically as a small lattice potential is added along the tube-shaped lattice traps. The 3D optical lattice also dramatically increases the lifetime for weakly bound Feshbach molecules. For a pure gas of Feshbach molecules, we observe a lifetime of >20 s in a 3D optical lattice; this represents a 100-fold improvement over previous results. This lifetime is also limited by off-resonant scattering, the rate of which is related to the size of the Feshbach molecule. Individually trapped Feshbach molecules in the 3D lattice can be converted to pairs of K and Rb atoms and back with nearly 100\% efficiency. }, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.080405}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1110.4420v1}, author = {Amodsen Chotia and Brian Neyenhuis and Steven A. Moses and Bo Yan and Jacob P. Covey and Michael Foss-Feig and Ana Maria Rey and Deborah S. Jin and Jun Ye} }