Complete population transfer to and from a continuum and the radiative association of cold Na atoms to produce translationally cold Na2 molecules in specific vib-rotational states

Optics Express

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 91-106

  Vardi, A ^a   Shapiro, M ^a   Bergmann, K ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DISSOCIATION; FREQUENCIES; LASER PULSES; PHOTONS; ROTATION; SODIUM;

LASER FREQUENCIES; POPULATION TRANSFER; VIB-ROTATIONAL STATES;

LASER OPTICS;

EID: 0004934545     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.4.000091     Document Type: Article

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