Cold rubidium molecules formed in a magneto-optical trap

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 13, 2000, Pages

  Gabbanini, C ^a   Fioretti, A ^a,b   Lucchesini, A ^a   Gozzini, S ^a   Mazzoni, M ^a,c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATE (BEC); MAGNETO-OPTICAL TRAPS; MASS SPECTROSCOPY; PHTOASSOCIATION SPECTROSCOPY; TWO-PHOTON IONIZATION;

GROUND STATE; HELIUM; IONIZATION; ISOTOPES; LASER BEAMS; MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHOTONS; POTASSIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

RUBIDIUM;

EID: 0000894057     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.2814     Document Type: Article

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