Ultracold ground-state molecules production in sodium

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2002, Pages

  Fatemi, Fredrik K ^a   Jones, Kevin M ^a,b   Lett, Paul D ^a   Tiesinga, Eite ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BINDING ENERGY; CALCULATIONS; CESIUM; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DIMERS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT EMISSION; MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; PHOTOIONIZATION; SODIUM;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASER IONIZATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRONIC GROUND STATE; HYPERFINE-ROVIBRATIONAL STATE; MAGNETO-OPTICAL TRAP; PHOTOASSOCIATION; ULTRACOLD ATOM;

GROUND STATE;

EID: 0036878031     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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