Two-color spectroscopy of colliding ultracold atoms
- 24 May 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 70 (21), 3225-3228
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.70.3225
Abstract
We present experimental results of two-color photoassociative ionization (TCPAI) spectroscopy in a magneto-optical trap. A probe light beam traces out the frequency (and intensity) dependence of TCPAI. By manipulating the intensities of the trap and repumper lasers we investigate the participation of different hyperfine ground-state levels and demonstrate the conditions under which molecular bound states figure in the collision intermediate.Keywords
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