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The Journal of Chemical Physics

Formation of ultracold 39K133Cs molecules via Feshbach optimized photoassociation

Yang Hai, Li-Hang Li, Jing-Lun Li, Gao‐Ren Wang, Shu‐Lin Cong

Published May 6, 2020• 2 citations
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Abstract

Cs molecules is studied theoretically. Under the joint action of the magnetic field and short laser pulse, the colliding atoms in a superposition state composed of eight hyperfine components are converted into a molecule in the vibrational level of the excited state via two transition processes, the transition between singlet states and the transition between triplet states. The association efficiency can be significantly enhanced by taking advantage of Feshbach resonance. At different resonance positions, different hyperfine components of the superposition state dominate over the FOPA process, and the quantum interference displays different behaviors. Compared with the FOPA process only including a single hyperfine component, the quantum interference in the FOPA process containing all hyperfine components has a visible effect on the association efficiency.

DOI
10.1063/5.0001794

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