Experimental versus theoretical rates for photoassociation and for formation of ultracold molecules
- 1 December 2000
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
- Vol. 36 (12), 1378-1388
- https://doi.org/10.1109/3.892556
Abstract
We report on the spectra of the long-range attractive molecular states of the Cs/sub 2/ dimer below the dissociation limits 6s+6p/sub 1/2/ and 6s+6p/sub 3/2/ which are accessible by molecular photoassociation of cold Cs atoms. For the states O/sub u//sup +/ and O/sub g//sup -/(6s+6p/sub 3/2/), we have performed trap-loss measurements, which are in good agreement with the theoretical calculations, performed in a perturbative approach. For the O/sub g//sup -/ and 1/sub u/(6s+6p/sub 3/2/) states, we observe, after spontaneous decay of the electronically excited molecules, the formation of translationally cold molecules. A rate of formation of cold molecules of the order of /spl sim/10/sup 6/ molecules per second is obtained in the case of the state O/sub g//sup $/.Keywords
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