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We report continuous direct photoassociative formation of ultracold KRb molecules in the lowest vibrational levels $(v"=0 -10)$ of the electronic ground state $(X ^1\Sigma^+)$, starting from $^{39}$K and $^{85}$Rb atoms in a magneto-optical…
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The rapid development of experimental techniques to produce ultracold alkali molecules opens the ways to manipulate them and to control their dynamics using external electric fields. A prerequisite quantity for such studies is the knowledge…
We report on a resonantly coupled 2(1) - 4 (1) photoassociation resonance in LiRb. This pair of states displays interesting decay physics that hint at interference-like effects caused by two different decay paths. We observe decay to…
We report on the state-selective detection of near-dissociation ultracold KRb molecules in the ground $X^1\Sigma^+$ state and the metastable $a^3\Sigma^+$ state. The molecules are produced by photoassociation of ultracold atoms followed by…
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