Photoassociation and ionization spectroscopy of ultracold $^{7}$ Li- $^{85}$ Rb moleculesPhotoassociation and ionization spectroscopy of ultracold $^{7}$Li-$^{85}$Rb molecules

Ian Stevenson, Adeel Altaf, John Lorenz +3 more

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Photoassociation of heteronuclear lithium

U. Schlöder, C. Silber, Claus Zimmermann

Applied Physics BDec 1, 200135 citations

Ultracold photoassociative spectroscopy of heteronuclear alkali-metal diatomic molecules

He Wang, William C. Stwalley

We have examined and identified the excited long-range Hund’s case (c) molecular states of the ten heteronuclear alkali metal diatomic molecules which support bound states and can be probed by ultracold photoassociative spectroscopy. Analytical expressions for the heteronuclear long-range free-bound Franck–Condon factors as a function of the internuclear distance R and the vibrational quantum number v are derived and discussed. The KRb system has considerably stronger excited long-range interactions than any other heteronuclear alkali diatomic molecule and has very favorable Franck–Condon factors for the photoassociation process. The heteronuclear photoassociative spectroscopy will provide spectroscopic measurements of the binary elastic scattering lengths of heteronuclear cold collisions which are the crucial parameters for sympathetic cooling of mixed atomic gases.We have examined and identified the excited long-range Hund’s case (c) molecular states of the ten heteronuclear alkali metal diatomic molecules which support bound states and can be probed by ultracold photoassociative spectroscopy. Analytical expressions for the heteronuclear long-range free-bound Franck–Condon factors as a function of the internuclear distance R and the vibrational quantum number v are derived and discussed. The KRb system has considerably stronger excited long-range interactions than any other heteronuclear alkali diatomic molecule and has very favorable Franck–Condon factors for the photoassociation process. The heteronuclear photoassociative spectroscopy will provide spectroscopic measurements of the binary elastic scattering lengths of heteronuclear cold collisions which are the crucial parameters for sympathetic cooling of mixed atomic gases.

The Journal of Chemical PhysicsApr 8, 1998123 citations

Photoassociation and ionization spectroscopy of ultracold

^{7}

Li-

^{85}

Rb molecules