Observation of optically trapped cold cesium molecules

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 5105-5108

  Takekoshi, T ^a   Patterson, B M ^a   Knize, R J ^a  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; CESIUM; GROUND STATE; LASER BEAMS; MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; PHOTOIONIZATION;

COLD MOLECULE; MAGNETO OPTICAL TRAP; TIME OF FLIGHT SPECTROSCOPY;

MOLECULES;

EID: 0032494916     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.5105     Document Type: Article

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