Theoretical model for ultracold molecule formation via adaptive feedback control

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 19, 2006, Pages

  Poschinger, Ulrich ^a   Salzmann, Wenzel ^a   Wester, Roland ^a   Weidemüller, Matthias ^a   Koch, Christiane P ^b,c   Kosloff, Ronnie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c Institut fuer Theoretische Physik der   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK CONTROL; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; LASER PULSES; MAGNETOOPTICAL DEVICES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE MODULATION;

FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSES; MAGNETOOPTICAL TRAPS; PHOTOASSOCIATION; ULTRACOLD MOLECULE FORMATION;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 33749174410     PISSN: 09534075     EISSN: 13616455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/39/19/S14     Document Type: Conference Paper

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