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Photoassociative Production and Detection of Ultracold Polar RbCs Molecules |
| JI Zhong-Hua, ZHANG Hong-Shan, WU Ji-Zhou, YUAN Jin-Peng, ZHAO Yan-Ting**, MA Jie, WANG Li-Rong , XIAO Lian-Tuan, JIA Suo-Tang
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State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Laser Spectroscopy Laboratory, College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006
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JI Zhong-Hua, ZHANG Hong-Shan, WU Ji-Zhou et al 2011 Chin. Phys. Lett. 28 083701 |
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Abstract We have produced ultracold polar RbCs molecules via photoassociation starting from laser-cooled 85Rb and 133Cs atoms in a dual−species, forced dark magneto-optical trap. The formed electronically excited RbCs∗ molecules correlated to the Rb(5S1/2)+Cs(6P1/2) dissociation limit are observed by trap loss spectroscopy. Following the decay of these excited RbCs* molecules, the formed ground state molecules are directly ionized by a two-photon single-color pulse dye laser, which is a new ionization mechanism for ground state RbCs molecules and thence detected by time-of-flight mass spectroscopy.
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37.10.Mn
32.80.Rm
33.15.Mt
33.20.Xx
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Received: 16 May 2011
Published: 28 July 2011
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37.10.Mn
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(Slowing and cooling of molecules)
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32.80.Rm
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(Multiphoton ionization and excitation to highly excited states)
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33.15.Mt
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(Rotation, vibration, and vibration-rotation constants)
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33.20.Xx
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(Spectra induced by strong-field or attosecond laser irradiation)
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