Formation, Detection and Trapping of Photoassociated Ultracold KRb Molecules

2005

Ultracold ground-state KRb molecules are formed by photoassociation and detected by resonant two-photon ionization. We have assigned both the photoassociation spectrum and the detection laser spectrum, and we have demonstrated magnetic trapping of triplet KRb

Photoassociative production and trapping of ultracold KRb molecules.

2004

We have produced ultracold heteronuclear KRb molecules by the process of photoassociation in a two-species magneto-optical trap. Following decay of the photoassociated KRb*, the molecules are detected using two-photon ionization and time-of-flight mass spectroscopy of KRb$^+$. A portion of the metastable triplet molecules thus formed are magnetically trapped. Photoassociative spectra down to 91 cm$^{-1}$ below the K(4$s$) + Rb (5$p_{1/2}$) asymptote have been obtained. We have made assignments to all eight of the attractive Hund's case (c) KRb* potential curves in this spectral region.

High resolution spectroscopy and channel-coupling treatment of the A 1Σ+–b 3Π complex of NaRb

2002

The paper presents the study of the fully mixed A 1Σ+–b 3Π complex of the NaRb molecule based on high-resolution sub-Doppler spectroscopy and intensity measurements, ab initio relativistic calculations of energies, transition moments and spin–orbit interactions, as well as an inverted channel-coupling approach (ICCA) deperturbation analysis. A two-laser V-type pump–probe excitation scheme was employed to obtain A←X transition frequencies to 16 A-state vibrational levels from v=6 to v=21 with J from 8 to 23. Additionally, relative intensities in laser-induced A→X fluorescence spectra have been recorded, including progressions with all observable transitions to the ground state vibronic level…

Production, trapping, and detection of ultracold polar KPb molecules

2005