Atomic density and light intensity dependences of the Rb2 molecule formation rate constant in a magneto-optical trap

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Caires, A R L ^a   Nascimento, V A ^a   Rezende, D C J ^a   Bagnato, V S ^a   Marcassa, L G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETO-OPTICAL TRAP; MOLECULAR BAND; TWO-PHOTON IONIZATION;

GROUND STATE; LASER BEAMS; RATE CONSTANTS; RUBIDIUM;

MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS;

EID: 26944481171     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.71.043403     Document Type: Article

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