The Photoassociation Reaction of Ultracold Atoms

The Photoassociation Reaction of Ultracold Atoms

Year:    2015

Author:    Yu Wang, Qing-Tian Meng

Journal of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Vol. 6 (2015), Iss. 4 : pp. 234–242

Abstract

Photoassociation reaction is the process in which two colliding atoms (or the colliding atom-molecule system) absorb a photon to form an excited molecule. Since the researches based on the ultracold atomic and molecular systems have attracted great attention both from theorists and experimentalists, the ultracold photoassociation reaction is becoming an ascendant research field. In this paper, we review briefly the investigation history of the photoassociation reaction for ultracold atoms, especially the basic theory of collision and the photoassociation in different light fields, and the research on the external-field manipulation of ultracold atoms collisions is also prospected.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/jams.091215.101815a

Journal of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Vol. 6 (2015), Iss. 4 : pp. 234–242

Published online:    2015-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    9

Keywords:    ultracold atoms photoassociation reaction collision theory.

Author Details

Yu Wang

Qing-Tian Meng