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Title: New observation and combined analysis of the Cs{sub 2} 0{sub g}{sup −}, 0{sub u}{sup +}, and 1{sub g} states at the asymptotes 6S{sub 1/2} + 6P{sub 1/2} and 6S{sub 1/2} + 6P{sub 3/2}

Journal Article · · Journal of Chemical Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4904265· OSTI ID:22415424
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  1. State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of Laser Spectroscopy, College of Physics and Electronics Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006 (China)
  2. State Key Laboratory for Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084 (China)
  3. School of Physics and Chemistry, Research Center for Advanced Computation, Xihua University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610039 (China)
  4. V.A. Fock Institute of Physics and Department of Physics of St. Petersburg State University, Ulyanovskaya Street 1, Petrodvoretz, St. Petersburg 198504 (Russian Federation)

We report on new observations of the photoassociation spectroscopy of ultracold cesium molecules using a highly sensitive detection technique and a combined analysis with all observed electronic states. The technique is achieved by directly modulating the frequency of the trapping lasers of a magneto-optical trap. New observations of the Cs{sub 2}0{sub g}{sup −}, 0{sub u}{sup +}, and 1{sub g} states at the asymptotes 6S{sub 1/2} + 6P{sub 1/2} and 6S{sub 1/2} + 6P{sub 3/2} are reported. The spectral range is extended to the red detuning of 112 cm{sup −1} below the 6S{sub 1/2} + 6P{sub 3/2} dissociation limit. Dozens of vibrational levels of the ultracold Cs{sub 2}0{sub g}{sup −}, 0{sub u}{sup +}, and 1{sub g} states are observed for the first time. The available experimental binding energies of these states are analyzed simultaneously in a framework of the generalized LeRoy–Bernstein theory and the almost degenerate perturbation theory by Marinescu and Dalgarno [Phys. Rev. A: At., Mol., Opt. Phys. 52, 311 (1995)]. The unique atomic-related parameter c{sub 3} governing the dispersion forces of all the molecular states is estimated as (10.29 ± 0.05) a.u.

OSTI ID:
22415424
Journal Information:
Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 141, Issue 24; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-9606
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English