Photoassociation is a possible route for the formation of chemical bonds. In this process, the binding of colliding atoms can be induced by means of a laser field. Photoassociation has been studied in the ultracold regime ...

We have revisited photoassociative ionization (PAI) in a cold sample of Na atmos. A two-color experiment was performed ina magneto-optical trap through the addition of aprobe laser. The observation of a marked change in ...

Motivated by recent interest in low dimensional arrays of atoms, we experimentally investigated the way cold collisional processes are affected by the geometry of the considered atomic sample. More specifically, we studied ...

We investigate the effects of a particular kind of orbits, which we call exotic orbits, on the process of classical molecular photoassociation. As a starting model system, we consider the process described by the Morse ...

Significant two-body losses are observed in an ultracold gas of 85Rb or 87Rb atoms in a crossed dipole trap implemented with a broadband laser with a wavelength around 1071 nm. Using available spectroscopic data on the ...

This work explores the optimization of laser pulses for the control of photoassociation and vibrational stabilization. Simulations are presented within a model system for the electronic ground-state collision of O + H. The ...

This work explores the optimization of laser pulses for the control of photoassociation and vibrational stabilization. Simulations are presented within a model system for the electronic ground-state collision of O + H. The ...