Formation of ultracold LiCs molecules

2006/05/02 by Stephan Kraft, Stephan D. Kraft, Peter Staanum +7 · 3 citations
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Frequency and Time Standards #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Quantum Information and Cryptography #physics.atom-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0953-4075/39/19/s13

8 pages, 2 figures

arxiv created 2006/05/02 · openalex publication_date 2006/09/25 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30

Abstract

We present the first observation of ultracold LiCs molecules. The molecules are formed in a two-species magneto-optical trap and detected by two-photon ionization and time-of-flight mass spectrometry. The production rate coefficient is found to be in the range 10 −18 cm 3 s −1 to 10 −16 cm 3 s −1 , at least an order of magnitude smaller than for other heteronuclear diatomic molecules directly formed in a magneto-optical trap.

Citations

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