Calculation of accurate permanent dipole moments of the lowest σ+ 1, 3 states of heteronuclear alkali dimers using extended basis sets

M Aymar, O Dulieu - The Journal of chemical physics, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
Obtaining ultracold samples of dipolar molecules is a current challenge which requires an
accurate knowledge of their electronic properties to guide the ongoing experiments. In this …

Coherent transfer of photoassociated molecules into the rovibrational ground state

K Aikawa, D Akamatsu, M Hayashi, K Oasa… - Physical review …, 2010 - APS
We report on the direct conversion of laser-cooled K 41 and Rb 87 atoms into ultracold K 41
Rb 87 molecules in the rovibrational ground state via photoassociation followed by …

Observation of heteronuclear Feshbach resonances in a mixture of bosons and fermions

S Inouye, J Goldwin, ML Olsen, C Ticknor, JL Bohn… - Physical review …, 2004 - APS
Three magnetic-field induced heteronuclear Feshbach resonances were identified in
collisions between bosonic R b 87 and fermionic K 40 atoms in their absolute ground states …

Photoassociative production and trapping of ultracold KRb molecules

D Wang, J Qi, MF Stone, O Nikolayeva, H Wang… - Physical review …, 2004 - APS
We have produced ultracold heteronuclear KRb molecules by the process of
photoassociation in a two-species magneto-optical trap. Following decay of the …

Observation of ultracold ground-state heteronuclear molecules

MW Mancini, GD Telles, ARL Caires, VS Bagnato… - Physical review …, 2004 - APS
We report the observation of translationally ultracold heteronuclear ground-state molecules
in a two-species magneto-optical trap containing K 39 and Rb 85 atoms. The KRb molecules …

Coupling of the X Σ+ 1 and a Σ+ 3 states of KRb

A Pashov, O Docenko, M Tamanis, R Ferber… - Physical Review A …, 2007 - APS
A comprehensive study of the electronic states at the 4 s+ 5 s asymptote in KRb is
presented. Abundant spectroscopic data on the a Σ+ 3 state were collected by Fourier …

Magnetic control of the interaction in ultracold K-Rb mixtures

A Simoni, F Ferlaino, G Roati, G Modugno, M Inguscio - Physical review letters, 2003 - APS
We predict the presence of several magnetic Feshbach resonances in selected Zeeman
sublevels of the isotopic pairs K 40-R b 87 and K 41-R b 87 at magnetic fields up to 10 3 G …

Highly efficient double ionization of mixed alkali dimers by intermolecular Coulombic decay

AC LaForge, M Shcherbinin, F Stienkemeier, R Richter… - Nature Physics, 2019 - nature.com
As opposed to purely molecular systems where electron dynamics proceed only through
intramolecular processes, weakly bound complexes such as He droplets offer an …

The photoassociative spectroscopy, photoassociative molecule formation, and trapping of ultracold

D Wang, J Qi, MF Stone, O Nikolayeva… - The European Physical …, 2004 - Springer
We have observed the photoassociative spectra of colliding ultracold 39 K and 85 Rb atoms
to produce KRb* in all eight bound electronic states correlating with the 39 K (4 s)+ 85 Rb (5 …

Ab initio calculation of the KRb dipole moments

S Kotochigova, PS Julienne, E Tiesinga - Physical Review A, 2003 - APS
The relativistic configuration interaction valence-bond method has been used to calculate
permanent and transition electric dipole moments of the KRb heteronuclear molecule as a …