Photoassociation spectroscopy of ultra-cold long-range molecules

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 161-169

  Vanhaecke, Nicolas ^a   Comparat, Daniel ^a   Crubellier, Anne ^a   Pillet, Pierre ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Asymptotic potential; Atom trapping; Cesium; Hyperfine structure; Laser cooling; Long range molecules; Photoassociation; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842762397     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2004.01.018     Document Type: Short Survey

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