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Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 203201 (2006) [4 pages]

Narrow Line Photoassociation in an Optical Lattice

T. Zelevinsky,1 M. M. Boyd,1 A. D. Ludlow,1 T. Ido,1,2 J. Ye,1 R. Ciurylo,3 P. Naidon,4 and P. S. Julienne4
1JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology and University of Colorado, and the Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0440, USA
2PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi 332-0012, Japan
3Instytut Fizyki, Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika, ulica Grudziadzka 5/7, 87-100 Torun, Poland
4Atomic Physics Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-8423, USA

Received 20 February 2006; published 22 May 2006

With ultracold 88Sr in a 1D magic wavelength optical lattice, we performed narrow-line photoassociation spectroscopy near the 1S0-3P1 intercombination transition. Nine least-bound vibrational molecular levels associated with the long-range 0u and 1u potential energy surfaces were measured and identified. A simple theoretical model accurately describes the level positions and treats the effects of the lattice confinement on the line shapes. The measured resonance strengths show that optical tuning of the ground state scattering length should be possible without significant atom loss.

©2006 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.203201
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.203201
PACS: 34.80.Qb; 32.80.Cy; 32.80.Pj
  • 34.80.Qb
    Laser-modified scattering (atoms and molecules)
  • 32.80.Cy
    Atomic scattering, cross sections, and form factors including Compton scattering
  • 32.80.Pj
    Optical cooling of atoms; trapping
  • YEAR: 2006
KEYWORDS: association, photochemistry, strontium, vibrational states, potential energy surfaces, spectral line breadth, ground states, resonant states, atom-photon collisions, laser cooling

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