Photoassociation and coherent transient dynamics in the interaction of ultracold rubidium atoms with shaped femtosecond pulses. II. Theory

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Merli, Andrea ^a   Eimer, Frauke ^a   Weise, Fabian ^a   Lindinger, Albrecht ^a   Salzmann, Wenzel ^b   Mullins, Terry ^b   Götz, Simone ^b   Wester, Roland ^b   Weidemüller, Matthias ^b,c   Aǧanoǧlu, Ruzin ^a   Koch, Christiane P ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC RESONANCES; CUT-OFF; FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSE; FEMTOSECOND PULSE; FUNCTION OF TIME; LONG TAIL; MOLECULE FORMATION; OFF-RESONANT EXCITATION; PHOTOASSOCIATION; PULSE AMPLITUDE; TRANSIENT DYNAMICS; ULTRACOLD RUBIDIUM ATOMS;

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; RESONANCE; RUBIDIUM; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 71849113421     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.80.063417     Document Type: Article

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