Highly sensitive photoassociation spectroscopy of ultracold 23Na133Cs molecular long-range states below the 3S1/2 + 6P3/2 limit*

Project supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2017YFA0304203), the ChangJiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in the University of the Ministry of Education of China (Grant No. IRT13076), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 91436108, 61378014, 61675121, 61705123, and 11434007), the Fund for Shanxi “1331 Project” Key Subjects Construction, China, and the Foundation for Outstanding Young Scholars of Shanxi Province, China (Grant No. 201601D021001).

Liu Yanyan1, 2, Wu Jizhou1, 2, †, Liu Wenliang1, 2, Wang Xiaofeng1, 2, Wang Wenhao1, 2, Ma Jie1, 2, Xiao Liantuan1, 2, Jia Suotang1, 2
       

(color online) Typical loading sequence for the dual-species 23Na–133Cs MOT. Trapping of Na (pink curve) and Cs (blue curve) is controlled by switching the corresponding trapping and repumping beams off or on.