Continuous production of rovibronic-ground-state RbCs molecules via short-range photoassociation to the bΠ13–cΣ1+3–BΠ11 states
Toshihiko Shimasaki, Jin‐Tae Kim, Yuqi Zhu +1 more
Rovibronic levels of the mixed ${b}^{3}\phantom{\rule{0}{0ex}}{\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Pi}}}_{1}$-${c}^{3}\phantom{\rule{0}{0ex}}{\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Sigma}}}_{1}^{+}$-${B}^{1}\phantom{\rule{0}{0ex}}{\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Pi}}}_{1}$ states of RbCs molecules are experimentally investigated with photoassociation, where the strong singlet-triplet mixing in the states facilitates a rate of ${10}^{4}$ s${}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$ for producing rovibronic-ground-state molecules.
arXiv:1802.01797•Physical Review A•Oct 16, 2018•10 citations