Publications

2026 Absence of far-detuned attractive optical traps for alkali Rydberg atoms Kang-Kuen Ni · Physical Review A · Scholar only — 2026 A conveyor-belt magneto-optical trap of CaF Kang-Kuen Ni · Nature Communications · Scholar only 15 2025 Dual-species tweezer arrays of Na and Cs Rydberg atoms Kang-Kuen Ni · Bulletin of the American Physical Society · Scholar only — 2025 Hyperfine-to-rotational energy transfer in ultracold atom–molecule collisions of Rb and KRb Kang-Kuen Ni · Nature Chemistry · Scholar only 24 2025 Nuclear spins are active in ultracold atom–molecule collisions Kang-Kuen Ni · Nature Chemistry · Scholar only — 2025 Probing Dipolar Interactions between Rydberg Atoms and Ultracold Polar Molecules Kang-Kuen Ni · Physical Review Letters · Scholar only 10 2025 Quantum engineering with a tweezer array of ultracold CaF molecule Kang-Kuen Ni · Bulletin of the American Physical Society · Scholar only — 2025 Research briefing Kang-Kuen Ni · Nature · Scholar only — 2025 Resonant charge-dipole interaction between Rydberg Rb atoms and KRb molecules Kang-Kuen Ni · Bulletin of the American Physical Society · Scholar only — 2025 The Quantum Information Science Challenge for Chemistry Kang-Kuen Ni · The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters · Scholar only 33 2025 Towards Dipolar Quantum Simulation with Ytterbium Rydberg Atom Array Kang-Kuen Ni · Bulletin of the American Physical Society · Scholar only — 2025 Towards ultracold molecular qubits with Rydberg atom readout Kang-Kuen Ni · Bulletin of the American Physical Society · Scholar only — 2024 A Dual Species Optical Tweezer Array of Na and Cs Atoms Kang-Kuen Ni · APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting Abstracts · Scholar only — 2024 Dipolar interaction in an array of individually-controlled molecules Kang-Kuen Ni · APS March Meeting Abstracts 2024, F25 · Scholar only — 2024 Entanglement and iSWAP gate between molecular qubits Kang-Kuen Ni · Nature · Scholar only 81 2024 Harnessing chemical reactions for quantum science Kang-Kuen Ni · APS March Meeting Abstracts 2024, G25 · Scholar only — 2024 Probing Critical Phenomena in Open Quantum Systems Using a Cs Atom Array Kang-Kuen Ni · APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting Abstracts · Scholar only 49 2024 Quantum coherence and interference in ultracold reactions Kang-Kuen Ni · APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting Abstracts · Scholar only — 2024 Quantum interference in atom-exchange reactions Kang-Kuen Ni · Science · Scholar only 37 2024 Raman Sideband Cooling of Molecules in an Optical Tweezer Array to the 3D Motional Ground State Kang-Kuen Ni · Physical Review X · Scholar only 33 2024 Reaction interferometry with ultracold molecules Kang-Kuen Ni · Faraday Discussions · Scholar only 10 2024 Scattering in extreme environments: general discussion Kang-Kuen Ni · Faraday Discussions · Scholar only — 2024 Scattering of larger molecules – part 1: general discussion Kang-Kuen Ni · Faraday Discussions · Scholar only 1 2024 Site-Selective Preparation and Multistate Readout of Molecules in Optical Tweezers Kang-Kuen Ni · PRX Quantum · Scholar only 35 2024 State-to-State Molecular Reactions in the Ultracold Regime (Final Scientific Report) Kang-Kuen Ni · Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States) · Scholar only — 2024 Towards Enhanced Loading and Quantum Simulation in a new NaCs Tweezer Array Apparatus Kang-Kuen Ni · APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting Abstracts · Scholar only — 2023 Dipolar spin-exchange and entanglement between molecules in an optical tweezer array Kang-Kuen Ni · Science · Scholar only 226 2023 : Exploring of critical phenomena with a Cs Rydberg simulator Kang-Kuen Ni · APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting Abstracts · Scholar only — 2023 Extended Rotational Coherence of Polar Molecules in an Elliptically Polarized Trap Kang-Kuen Ni · Physical Review Letters · Scholar only 40 2023 High resolution photoassociation spectroscopy of the excited c3Σ1+ potential of Na23Cs133 Kang-Kuen Ni · Physical Review Research · Scholar only 14 2023 Magic polarization trapping of polar molecules for tunable dipolar interactions Kang-Kuen Ni · APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting Abstracts · Scholar only — 2023 Observation of spin-rotation exchange in ultracold Rb+ KRb collisions Kang-Kuen Ni · APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting Abstracts · Scholar only — 2022 An optical tweezer array of ground-state polar molecules Kang-Kuen Ni · Quantum Science and Technology · Scholar only 94 2022 A Reconfigurable Optical Tweezer Array of Fully Quantum State Controlled Ultracold Dipolar Molecules Kang-Kuen Ni · APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting Abstracts · Scholar only — 2022 A two-dimensional optical tweezer array of Cs with Raman sideband cooling Kang-Kuen Ni · APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting Abstracts · Scholar only — 2022 Detection of Long-Lived Complexes in Ultracold Atom-Molecule Collisions Kang-Kuen Ni · Physical Review X · Scholar only · needs review 69 2022 Enriching the Quantum Toolbox of Ultracold Molecules with Rydberg Atoms Kang-Kuen Ni · PRX Quantum · Scholar only 56 2022 Fast optical transport of ultracold molecules over long distances Kang-Kuen Ni · New Journal of Physics · Scholar only 26 2022 Observation of magnetically tunable resonances in ultracold 40K87Rb + 87Rb mixtures Kang-Kuen Ni · APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting Abstracts · Scholar only — 2022 Optical tweezer array of fully quantum-state-controlled polar molecules Kang-Kuen Ni · APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting Abstracts · Scholar only — 2022 Progress towards evaporation and sideband cooling of laser cooled CaF molecules Kang-Kuen Ni · APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting Abstracts · Scholar only — 2022 Rotational Coherence of Polar Molecules in an Optical Tweezer Kang-Kuen Ni · APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting Abstracts · Scholar only 118 2022 Towards a Dual Species Optical Tweezer Array of Neutral Atoms Kang-Kuen Ni · APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting Abstracts · Scholar only — 2022 Towards a quantum simulator using ultracold dipolar NaCs molecules in a fully controlled electric field Kang-Kuen Ni · APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting Abstracts · Scholar only 1 2021 A Next generation Molecular Tweezer Apparatus for Quantum Simulation Kang-Kuen Ni · Bulletin of the American Physical Society · Scholar only — 2021 An optical tweezer array of ultracold rovibrational ground state dipolar molecules Kang-Kuen Ni · Bulletin of the American Physical Society · Scholar only — 2021 Assembly of a rovibrational ground state molecule in an optical tweezer Kang-Kuen Ni · Physical Review Letters 167 2021 Bimolecular Chemistry in the Ultracold Regime Kang-Kuen Ni · Annual Review of Physical Chemistry · Scholar only 129 2021 Coherent optical creation of a single molecule Kang-Kuen Ni · Physical Review X 39 2021 Coherent optical creation of a single molecule in an optical tweezer Kang-Kuen Ni · Bulletin of the American Physical Society · Scholar only —