Prospects for control of ultracold molecule formation via photoassociation with chirped laser pulses

Cold Molecules: Theory, Experiment, Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 245-290

  Luc Koenig, Eliane ^a   Masnou Seeuws, Françoise ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE AIMÉ COTTON   (France)

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