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Frontiers in Optics

Rotationally-Resolved Depletion Spectroscopy of Ultracold KRb Molecules

Dajun Wang, C. Ashbaugh, J. T. Kim, Edward E. Eyler, P. L. Gould, W. C. Stwalley

Published Jan 1, 2006• 1 citation
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Abstract

We report on the use of depletion spectroscopy to detect ultracold ground-state KRb molecules with rotational resolution. Binding energies of these molecules and possible intermediate rovibrational levels for Raman transfer are also explored.
DOI
10.1364/ls.2006.ltuh4

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