Pump-probe study of the formation of rubidium molecules by ultrafast photoassociation of ultracold atoms

An experimental pump-probe study of the photoassociative creation of translationally ultracold rubidium molecules is presented together with numerical simulations of the process. The formation of loosely bound excited-state dimers is observed as a first step toward a fully coherent pump-dump approac...

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প্রধান লেখক: McCabe, D, England, D, Martay, H, Friedman, M, Petrovic, J, Dimova, E, Chatel, B, Walmsley, I
বিন্যাস: Journal article
ভাষা:English
প্রকাশিত: 2009
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সংক্ষিপ্ত:An experimental pump-probe study of the photoassociative creation of translationally ultracold rubidium molecules is presented together with numerical simulations of the process. The formation of loosely bound excited-state dimers is observed as a first step toward a fully coherent pump-dump approach to the stabilization of Rb2 into its lowest ground vibrational states. The population that contributes to the pump-probe process is characterized and found to be distinct from a background population of preassociated molecules. © 2009 The American Physical Society.