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Frontiers in Optics

Resonant Coupling of the 2(1), 4(1) and Spectroscopy of the 33Π Excited States of Ultracold KRb Molecules.

Jayita Banerjee, David Rahmlow, Ryan Carollo, Michael Bellos, Edward E. Eyler, P. L. Gould, W. C. Stwalley

Published Jan 1, 2012• 0 citations
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Abstract

Photoassociative formation of ultracold KRb molecules and subsequent detection by resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization has provided new spectroscopic information about 33Π state along with information about the resonantly coupled 2(1), v′=165 and 4(1), v′=61 states.
DOI
10.1364/ls.2012.ltu2i.1

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