Photoassociative ionization using two independent colors in sodium-vapor-cell magneto-optical traps

Authors
Marcassa, LG Telles, GD Muniz, SR
Citation
Lg. Marcassa et al., Photoassociative ionization using two independent colors in sodium-vapor-cell magneto-optical traps, PHYS REV A, 60(2), 1999, pp. 1305-1310
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW A
ISSN journal
10502947 → ACNP
Volume
60
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1305 - 1310
Database
ISI
SICI code
1050-2947(199908)60:2<1305:PIUTIC>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
We present an extended experimental investigation of the photoassociative i onization process involving ultracold atoms. Different steps of this collis ional process can be studied in detail using two independent laser frequenc ies. The experimental results are compared with a simple local equilibrium theory. This work complements our previous work [Phys. Rev. Lett. 70, 3225 (1993)], showing that the main physical insights of the process can be repr oduced with a semiclassical theory. [S1050-2947(99)01908-3].