%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 }