Production and trapping of ultracold polar molecules

DeMille, David

doi:10.2172/1178279

Title: Production and trapping of ultracold polar molecules

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We report a set of experiments aimed at the production and trapping of ultracold polar molecules. We begin with samples of laser-cooled and trapped Rb and Cs atoms, and bind them together to form polar RbCs molecules. The binding is accomplished via photoassociation, which uses a laser to catalyze the sticking process. We report results from investigation of a new pathway for photoassociation that can produce molecules in their absolute ground state of vibrational and rotational motion. We also report preliminary observations of collisions between these ground-state molecules and co-trapped atoms.

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DeMille, David ^[1]

Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States)

Publication Date:: Tue Apr 21 00:00:00 EDT 2015

Research Org.:: Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

OSTI Identifier:: 1178279

Report Number(s):: DOE-YALE-15714

DOE Contract Number:: FG02-05ER15714

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; ultracold molecules; molecule trapping; molecular collisions

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