Photoassociation experiments with ultracold metastable helium

European Physical Journal D

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 227-237

  Kim, J ^a   Rapol, U D ^a   Moal, S ^a   Leonard J ^a,b   Walhout, M ^a,c   Leduc, M ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c CALVIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOM LASERS; ATOMS; DIMERS; GROUND STATE; HELIUM; LASER THEORY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR BEAMS;

ATOMIC LINES; BOUND-STATES; DETUNED; INTER-ATOMIC DISTANCES; METASTABLE HELIUM; MOLECULAR SPECTRA; PHOTOASSOCIATION; SPIN CHARACTERS; ULTRA-COLD; ULTRACOLD ATOMS;

BINDING ENERGY;

EID: 11244279789     PISSN: 14346060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2004-00144-9     Document Type: Review

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