Investigation of ultracold atoms and molecules in a dark magneto-optical trap

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/21/11/113402

Abstract In this paper, ultracold atoms and molecules in a dark magneto-optical trap (MOT) are studied via depumping the cesium cold atoms into the dark hyperfine ground state. The collision rate is reduced to 0.45 s^-1 and the density of the atoms is increased to 5.6× 10¹¹ cm^-3 when the fractional population of the atoms in the bright hyperfine ground state is as low as 0.15. The vibrational spectra of the ultracold cesium molecules are also studied in a standard MOT and in a dark MOT separately. The experimental results are analyzed by using the perturbative quantum approach.

Keywords: cold atom dark magneto-optical trap photoassociation

Received: 20 March 2012
Revised: 23 May 2012
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PACS:	34.50.Cx	(Elastic; ultracold collisions)
	37.10.Gh	(Atom traps and guides)
	33.15.Mt	(Rotation, vibration, and vibration-rotation constants)
	33.80.-b	(Photon interactions with molecules)

Fund: Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2012CB921603), the International Science & Technology Cooperation Program of China (Grant No. 2011DFA12490), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10934004, 60978001, 60978018, 60808009, 61078001, and 61008012), and the Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province, China (Grant No. 2011011004).

Corresponding Authors: Wang Li-Rong
E-mail: wlr@sxu.edu.cn

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Wang Li-Rong (汪丽蓉), Ji Zhong-Hua (姬中华), Yuan Jin-Peng (元晋鹏), Yang Yan (杨艳), Zhao Yan-Ting (赵延霆), Ma Jie (马杰), Xiao Lian-Tuan (肖连团), Jia Suo-Tang (贾锁堂 ) Investigation of ultracold atoms and molecules in a dark magneto-optical trap 2012 Chin. Phys. B 21 113402

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