Spinor molecule in atomic Bose-Einstein condensate
Abstract
We have performed two-photon photoassociation experiments in atomic Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) of 87Rb with spin degree of freedom which is created by all-optical method with CO2 lasers. The spinor character of the molecules has been revealed by the photoassociation spectrum with a new structure. The hyperfine structure of the molecules near the dissociation limit is identified by observations of the Zeeman and AC-Stark effects of the molecules. The molecules have been spin-selectively probed by the use of the light shift. This result would open the new possibility of research on novel spinor molecular BEC.
- Publication:
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Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics
- Pub Date:
- April 2009
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s00340-008-3307-9
- Bibcode:
- 2009ApPhB..95...37K
- Keywords:
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- 03.75.Mn;
- 32.60.+i;
- 33.20.Fb