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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| author | McCabe, D England, D Martay, H Friedman, M Petrovic, J Dimova, E Chatel, B Walmsley, I |
| author_facet | McCabe, D England, D Martay, H Friedman, M Petrovic, J Dimova, E Chatel, B Walmsley, I |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:a5da9a3f-f69e-4cd4-a281-c5b84e0538d72022-03-27T02:43:17ZPump-probe study of the formation of rubidium molecules by ultrafast photoassociation of ultracold atomsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:a5da9a3f-f69e-4cd4-a281-c5b84e0538d7EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2009McCabe, DEngland, DMartay, HFriedman, MPetrovic, JDimova, EChatel, BWalmsley, IAn 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. |
| spellingShingle | McCabe, D England, D Martay, H Friedman, M Petrovic, J Dimova, E Chatel, B Walmsley, I Pump-probe study of the formation of rubidium molecules by ultrafast photoassociation of ultracold atoms |
| title | Pump-probe study of the formation of rubidium molecules by ultrafast photoassociation of ultracold atoms |
| title_full | Pump-probe study of the formation of rubidium molecules by ultrafast photoassociation of ultracold atoms |
| title_fullStr | Pump-probe study of the formation of rubidium molecules by ultrafast photoassociation of ultracold atoms |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pump-probe study of the formation of rubidium molecules by ultrafast photoassociation of ultracold atoms |
| title_short | Pump-probe study of the formation of rubidium molecules by ultrafast photoassociation of ultracold atoms |
| title_sort | pump probe study of the formation of rubidium molecules by ultrafast photoassociation of ultracold atoms |
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