LASER-INDUCED ULTRACOLD RB(5S1 2)+RB(5P1/2) COLLISIONS/

Authors
PETERS MG HOFFMANN D TOBIASON JD WALKER T
Citation
Mg. Peters et al., LASER-INDUCED ULTRACOLD RB(5S1 2)+RB(5P1/2) COLLISIONS/, Physical review. A, 50(2), 1994, pp. 180000906-180000909
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
10502947
Volume
50
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Part
A
Pages
180000906 - 180000909
Database
ISI
SICI code
1050-2947(1994)50:2<180000906:LUR2C>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Measurements of collisional loss of optically trapped Rb atoms are pre sented for excitation of the colliding atoms by light tuned near the S -5(1/2)-->5P(1/2) transitions of Rb-85 and Rb-87. Using the P1/2 state allows the effects of spontaneous emission on excited-state collision s to be studied with minimal complications arising from hyperfine stru cture. The shapes of the collision spectra are nearly identical for th e two isotopes and are consistent with a simple model for the role of spontaneous emission during the collision.