Diatomic molecules in optical and microwave dipole traps

Journal Article · Tue Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.83.033407· OSTI ID:21541313

Lysebo, Marius ^[1]; Veseth, Leif ^[2]

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1. Faculty of Engineering, Oslo University College, NO-0130 Oslo (Norway)
2. Department of Physics, University of Oslo, NO-0316 Oslo (Norway)

The dipole forces on rotating diatomic molecules are worked out in detail for optical as well as microwave radiation fields. The objective is in particular to investigate how the dipole forces and potentials depend on the subtle internal structure of the molecule, with special emphasis on hyperfine and Zeeman states. Dipole potentials are obtained from computations of the real part of the complex molecular polarizability, whereas the imaginary part yields the scattering force. Numerical examples are presented for {sup 23}Na{sub 2} and OH for optical (laser) fields related to strong electronic transitions and for microwave fields for the {Lambda} doubling in the OH ground state.

• OSTI ID: 21541313
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Vol. 83, Issue 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.83.033407; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 1050-2947
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
CALCULATION METHODS
DIPOLES
LASER RADIATION
MICROWAVE RADIATION
MOLECULAR STRUCTURE
MOLECULES
POLARIZABILITY
POTENTIALS
SCATTERING
YIELDS
ZEEMAN EFFECT
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
MULTIPOLES
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
RADIATIONS