TY - JOUR
T1 - Cold molecules
T2 - Formation, ro-vibrational cooling and electronic conversion
AU - Horchani, R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 World Scientific Publishing Company.
PY - 2016/6/10
Y1 - 2016/6/10
N2 - The possibility of controlling all the motion as well as the internal quantum state of a sample of molecules is a long term goal in the cold molecules field. Although many different techniques have been used to produce ultra-cold molecules, in this paper, we will concentrate on the optical pumping technique successfully used to achieve rotational and vibrational cooling of Cs2 molecules. We will review the different photo-association schemes for molecule formation, the detection schemes through photoionization, the ro-vibrational cooling into a single level and finally the electronic conversion. In addition, we will present a theoretical model for both ro-vibrational cooling and electronic conversion that can be used for the preparation of different experiments.
AB - The possibility of controlling all the motion as well as the internal quantum state of a sample of molecules is a long term goal in the cold molecules field. Although many different techniques have been used to produce ultra-cold molecules, in this paper, we will concentrate on the optical pumping technique successfully used to achieve rotational and vibrational cooling of Cs2 molecules. We will review the different photo-association schemes for molecule formation, the detection schemes through photoionization, the ro-vibrational cooling into a single level and finally the electronic conversion. In addition, we will present a theoretical model for both ro-vibrational cooling and electronic conversion that can be used for the preparation of different experiments.
KW - Cold molecule
KW - electronic conversion
KW - optical pumping
KW - photo-association
KW - vibrational and rotational cooling
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U2 - 10.1142/S0217979216300103
DO - 10.1142/S0217979216300103
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84973308983
SN - 0217-9792
VL - 30
JO - International Journal of Modern Physics B
JF - International Journal of Modern Physics B
IS - 14
M1 - 1630010
ER -