Comparison of trap-loss collision spectra for [sup 85]Rb and [sup 87]Rb

Journal Article · Sat May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · Physical Review A; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.47.R3495· OSTI ID:6642530

Feng, P; Hoffmann, D; Walker, T ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (United States)

We present measurements of excited-state trap-loss collisions of optically trapped [sup 85]Rb and [sup 87]Rb atoms as a function of the frequency of the light used to excite the colliding atom pairs. For detunings outside the excited-state hyperfine structure, the trap-loss rates are found to be the same for the two isotopes. For detunings inside the excited-state hyperfine structure, [sup 87]Rb collisions occur at a substantially lower rate than those of [sup 85]Rb. The spectra make it clear that the long-range dynamics of the collisions are strongly modified by the excited-state hyperfine structure, and that the dynamics are different for the two isotopes.

• OSTI ID: 6642530
• Journal Information: Physical Review A; (United States), Vol. 47:5; ISSN 1050-2947
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
RUBIDIUM 85
ATOM-ATOM COLLISIONS
TRAPPING
RUBIDIUM 87
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
ENERGY LOSSES
EXCITED STATES
HYPERFINE STRUCTURE
INELASTIC SCATTERING
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
ATOM COLLISIONS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
COLLISIONS
ENERGY LEVELS
EVALUATION
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LOSSES
NANOSEC LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
RADIOISOTOPES
RUBIDIUM ISOTOPES
SCATTERING
STABLE ISOTOPES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
664400* - Experimentally Derived Information on Atomic & Molecular Properties- (1992-)