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Ultracold Ground-State Molecule Production in Sodium

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Author(s)

F K. Fatemi, Kevin Jones, Paul D. Lett, Eite Tiesinga

Abstract

We have observed the formation of ground state Na2 molecules via the spontaneous decay of excited molecules created by the photoassociation of ultracold atoms. We measure the energies of ground state molecules formed in three hyperfine components of the Na2 a 3ς+u (v=15) state by two different methods. Two of the features are purely-triplet (quasi-bound) states that have not been previously observed. The molecules are detected with high-resolution cw laser ionization techniques and located to within 10 MHz.
Citation
Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics)
Volume
66
Issue
No. 5
Pub Type
Journals

Keywords

atomic collisions, laser cooling, photoassociation, photoionization, Raman spectroscopy, sodium dimers, spectroscopy

Citation

Fatemi, F. , Jones, K. , Lett, P. and Tiesinga, E. (2002), Ultracold Ground-State Molecule Production in Sodium, Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics) (Accessed May 11, 2025)

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Created November 1, 2002, Updated February 17, 2017