Coherent control of ultracold photoassociation.
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1. INTRODUCTION Photoassociation, forming molecules from ultracold atoms using laser light, is a prime example of coherent control: The process is complex and poses many challenges, yet typically the molecular structure is simple enough to identify pathways for control. Laser cooling schemes that work for atoms 1−5 tend to fail for molecules, mainly due to the presence of many near-resonance lines and the fact that other degrees of freedom, in
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Chemical reviews
دوره 112 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012