We have produced ultracold, polar RbCs* molecules via photoassociation in a
laser-cooled mixture of Rb and Cs atoms. Using a model of the RbCs* molecular
interaction which reproduces the observed rovibrational structure, we infer
decay rates in our experiments into deeply bound singlet ground state RbCs
vibrational levels as high as 5 x 10^5 s^-1 per level. Population in such
deeply bound levels could be efficiently transferred to the vibrational ground
state using a single stimulated Raman transition, opening the possibility to
create large samples of stable, ultracold polar molecules.
Description
Production of Ultracold, Polar RbCs* Molecules via Photoassociation
%0 Generic
%1 kerman2003production
%A Kerman, Andrew J.
%A Sage, Jeremy M.
%A Sainis, Sunil
%A DeMille, David
%A Bergeman, Thomas
%D 2003
%K rbcs
%R 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.033004
%T Production of Ultracold, Polar RbCs* Molecules via Photoassociation
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0308020
%X We have produced ultracold, polar RbCs* molecules via photoassociation in a
laser-cooled mixture of Rb and Cs atoms. Using a model of the RbCs* molecular
interaction which reproduces the observed rovibrational structure, we infer
decay rates in our experiments into deeply bound singlet ground state RbCs
vibrational levels as high as 5 x 10^5 s^-1 per level. Population in such
deeply bound levels could be efficiently transferred to the vibrational ground
state using a single stimulated Raman transition, opening the possibility to
create large samples of stable, ultracold polar molecules.
@misc{kerman2003production,
abstract = {We have produced ultracold, polar RbCs* molecules via photoassociation in a
laser-cooled mixture of Rb and Cs atoms. Using a model of the RbCs* molecular
interaction which reproduces the observed rovibrational structure, we infer
decay rates in our experiments into deeply bound singlet ground state RbCs
vibrational levels as high as 5 x 10^5 s^-1 per level. Population in such
deeply bound levels could be efficiently transferred to the vibrational ground
state using a single stimulated Raman transition, opening the possibility to
create large samples of stable, ultracold polar molecules.},
added-at = {2017-03-05T14:04:42.000+0100},
author = {Kerman, Andrew J. and Sage, Jeremy M. and Sainis, Sunil and DeMille, David and Bergeman, Thomas},
biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2304d6320c2f2849daa56629b283dce4e/jaladreips},
description = {Production of Ultracold, Polar RbCs* Molecules via Photoassociation},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.033004},
interhash = {7cedbbe05c95b53167804d1a8fd00ba1},
intrahash = {304d6320c2f2849daa56629b283dce4e},
keywords = {rbcs},
note = {cite arxiv:physics/0308020Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures. accepted to prl},
timestamp = {2017-03-05T14:04:42.000+0100},
title = {Production of Ultracold, Polar RbCs* Molecules via Photoassociation},
url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0308020},
year = 2003
}