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Optics Letters

Control of laser-induced frequency shift in ultracold cesium molecules by an external magnetic field

Yuqing Li, Guosheng Feng, Wenliang Liu, Jizhou Wu, Jie Ma, Liantuan Xiao, Suotang Jia

Published May 4, 2015• 11 citations
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Abstract

We investigate an effective control of the laser-induced frequency shift of ultracold cesium molecules formed by photoassociation (PA) in a magnetically levitated crossed dipole trap via an external magnetic field. A series of molecular PA spectra have been measured with increasing the PA laser intensity at different bias fields. We find that the slope of laser-induced frequency shift is strongly dependent on the external magnetic field: the slope can be increased up to a maximum of ∼6 times compared with a slope without an external magnetic field. A qualitatively theoretical explanation has been offered by considering the external magnetic field that can be used to manipulate the interaction between ultracold atoms.

DOI
10.1364/ol.40.002241

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