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Formation of NaH Molecules in the Lowest Rovibrational Level of the Ground Electronic State via Short-Range Photoassociation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2014

Jinglun Li ,
Yin Huang ,
Ting Xie ,
Shuo Chai  and
Shulin Cong
Jinglun Li
Affiliation:
School of Physics and Optoelectronic Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
Yin Huang
Affiliation:
School of Physics and Optoelectronic Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
Ting Xie
Affiliation:
School of Physics and Optoelectronic Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
Shuo Chai
Affiliation:
School of Physics and Optoelectronic Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
Shulin Cong*
Affiliation:
School of Physics and Optoelectronic Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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*Email addresses:jinglunli@mail.dlut.edu.cn(J. Li), yinhuang@mail.dlut.edu.cn(Y. Huang), xieting@mail.dlut.edu.cn(T. Xie), chaishuo@dlut.edu.cn(S. Chai), shlcong@dlut.edu.cn(S. Cong)
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Abstract

The formation of NaH molecules in the lowest rovibrational level of the ground electronic state is investigated using a pump-dump photoassociation (PA) scheme. In short-range region, two colliding atoms Na and H are efficiently associated into the NaH molecule in the rovibrational |0,0〉 state of the ground electronic state via the intermediately rovibrational |10,1〉 state of the excited electronic state. The changes of populations with the electric field amplitudes, frequency detunings, dump pulse duration and delay time between two laser pulses are calculated and discussed. The PA probability reaches 0.623 with a high state-selectivity.

Keywords

34.50.Rk82.20.Bc82.50.Nd82.30.NrShort-range photoassociationNaH moleculerovibrational state
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Communications in Computational Physics , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , January 2015 , pp. 79 - 92
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Copyright © Global Science Press Limited 2015 

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