DYNAMICS OF ULTRACOLD ATOM-MOLECULE CONVERSION:THE STIMULATED RAMAN ADIABATIC PASSAGE
Meng Shao-ying
The generation of ultracold molecules has been a hot topic in cold atom-molecule physics.It is difficult to obtain ultracold molecules with laser cooling as in the atomic system,because there are more degrees of freedom in molecules,and the level structure is denser and more complicated. For the time being,the ultracold molecules are generally generated from the ultracold atoms coupled by the external fields.The stimulated Raman adiabatic passage process(STIRAP) as an effective method of generating ultracold molecules from its atomic counterparts has been widely studied.In this article,we mainly focus on the recent research progress of dynamics,adiabaticity and instability of the dark state in the atom-molecule STIRAP.
Progress in physics•Jan 1, 2010•0 citations