采用最新的{ \em ab initio}方法，在Born-Oppenheimer近似下，计算了SrYb分子的基态和前15个激发单重态和三重态的势能曲线.还报道了描述大原子间距离色散相互作用的主导长程系数。电跃迁偶极矩已获得作为第一剩余的极化传播子计算的线性响应耦合集团方法限制到单和双激发。自旋轨道耦合矩阵元素已被评估使用多参考组态相互作用方法限制到单和双激发与一个大的活动空间。利用电子结构数据研究了连续激光光缔合实验中在光晶格中形成深束缚超冷SrYb分子的可能性。提出了在锶原子的相互结合线跃迁附近，锶原子进入强自旋-轨道混合的$b^3Σ^+$、$a^3Π$、$A^1Π$和$C^1Π$态的振动能级，随后有效稳定进入电子基态的$v^{\prime\prime}=1$振动能级的光缔合。利用$v^{\prime\prime}=1$到$v^{\prime\prime}=0$的碰撞衰变，可以积累基态SrYb分子。或者，如果光晶格的捕获频率足够大，并且脉冲之间的相位相干性可以保持至少几十微秒，则可以通过受激拉曼绝热通道进行$v^{\prime\prime}=0$的光缔合和稳定。
英文摘要：
State-of-the-art {\em ab initio} techniques have been applied to compute the potential energy curves for the SrYb molecule in the Born-Oppenheimer approximation for the ground state and first fifteen excited singlet and triplet states within the coupled-cluster framework. The leading long-range coefficients describing the dispersion interactions at large interatomic distances are also reported. The electric transition dipole moments have been obtained as the first residue of the polarization propagator computed with the linear response coupled-cluster method restricted to single and double excitations. Spin-orbit coupling matrix elements have been evaluated using the multireference configuration interaction method restricted to single and double excitations with a large active space. The electronic structure data was employed to investigate the possibility of forming deeply bound ultracold SrYb molecules in an optical lattice in a photoassociation experiment using continuous-wave lasers. Photoassociation near the intercombination line transition of atomic strontium into the vibrational levels of the strongly spin-orbit mixed $b^3Σ^+$, $a^3Π$, $A^1Π$, and $C^1Π$ states with subsequent efficient stabilization into the $v^{\prime\prime}=1$ vibrational level of the electronic ground state is proposed. Ground state SrYb molecules can be accumulated by making use of collisional decay from $v^{\prime\prime}=1$ to $v^{\prime\prime}=0$. Alternatively, photoassociation and stabilization to $v^{\prime\prime}=0$ can proceed via stimulated Raman adiabatic passage provided that the trapping frequency of the optical lattice is large enough and phase coherence between the pulses can be maintained over at least tens of microseconds.
We report the production of ultracold heteronuclear Cs$^*$Yb molecules through one-photon photoassociation applied to an ultracold atomic mixture of Cs and Yb confined in an optical dipole trap. We use trap-loss spectroscopy to detect molecular states below the Cs($^{2}P_{1/2}$) + Yb($^{1}S_{0}$) asymptote. For $^{133}$Cs$^{174}$Yb, we observe 13 rovibrational states with binding energies up to $\sim$500 GHz. For each rovibrational state we observe two resonances associated with the Cs hyperfine structure and show that the hyperfine splitting in the diatomic molecule decreases for more deeply …
We report the observation of microwave coherent control of rotational states of ultracold $^{85}$Rb$^{133}$Cs molecules formed in their vibronic ground state by short-range photoassociation. Molecules are formed in the single rotational state $X(v=0,J=1)$ by exciting pairs of atoms to the short-range state $(2)^{3}Π_{0^{-}} (v=11, J=0)$, followed by spontaneous decay. We use depletion spectroscopy to record the dynamic evolution of the population distribution and observe clear Rabi oscillations while irradiating on a microwave transition between coupled neighbouring rotational levels. A densit…
We establish a theoretical model to analyze the photoassociative (PA) spectroscopy of $(3)^3Σ^+$ state of $^{85}$Rb$^{133}$Cs molecule. The term energy, spin-spin coupling constants and hyperfine interaction constant of nine vibrational levels in the $(3)^3Σ^+$ state are determined. Based on the fitted term energy and rotation constant, the potential energy curve of $(3)^3Σ^+$ state is obtained by using the RKR method which is compared with the ab initial potential curve.
Formation of ultracold $^{7}$Li$^{85}$Rb molecules in the lowest triplet electronic state by photoassociation and their detection by ionization spectroscopy
我们报告的超冷$^{7}$ Li $^{85}$ Rb分子的形成在$a^{3}Σ^{+}$电子状态的光缔合（PA）和他们的检测通过共振增强多光子电离（REMPI）。利用我们的双物种Li和Rb磁光阱（MOT）装置，我们检测到PA共振，结合能高达~62 cm $^{-1}$低于$^{7}$ Li 2s $^{2}S_{1/2}$ $+$ $^{85}$ Rb 5 p $^{2}P_{1/2}$渐近线。此外，我们还利用REMPI光谱探测了$3^{3} Π$态和激发态的电子态，并确定了$a^{3}Σ^{+} (v" = 7 - 13)$、$3^{3} Π(v'_Π = 0 - 10)$和$4^{3} Σ^{+} (v'_Σ = 0 - 5)$的振动能级。我们的线分配同意从头计算。这些对以前未观察到的电子态的初步光谱研究对于发现将通过PA产生的超冷LiRb分子转移到电子基态的深束缚振转能级的过渡途径至关重要。
Laser Intensity Dependence of Photoassociation in Ultracold Metastable Helium
本文研究了自旋极化亚稳氦原子与J=1，$0_u^+$态的三个最低振转能级的光缔合作用，其中$0_u^+$态渐近于2 $s {}^{3}$ S $_{1}+2p {}^{3}$ P $_{0}$，采用了对低激光强度有效的线位移的二阶微扰处理和两种非微扰紧耦合处理，一种是基于物质加激光系统的修饰态，另一个是基于修正的辐射耦合，该辐射耦合渐近消失，从而模拟实验条件。这些非微扰处理是有效的任意激光强度，并产生完整的光缔合共振配置文件。这两种变体给出了几乎相同的结果的线位移和宽度的共振，并表明它们对激光强度的依赖是非常接近线性和二次分别为两个最低的水平。的共振配置文件上叠加了显着的背景损失，这个亚稳态氦系统的功能不存在于其他系统中的光缔合的研究，这是由于激发态$0_u^+$电位的非常浅的性质。在低激光强度下，密耦合和微扰计算的线位移结果非常接近。
We perform photoassociation spectroscopy in an ultracold $^{23}$Na-$^6$Li mixture to study the $c^3Σ^+$ excited triplet molecular potential. We observe 50 vibrational states and their substructure to an accuracy of 20 MHz, and provide line strength data from photoassociation loss measurements. An analysis of the vibrational line positions using near-dissociation expansions and a full potential fit is presented. This is the first observation of the $c^3Σ^+$ potential, as well as photoassociation in the NaLi system.
We report on measurements of the binding energies of several weakly bound vibrational states of the paramagnetic $^{174}$Yb$^{6}$Li molecule in the electronic ground state using two-photon spectroscopy in an ultracold atomic mixture confined in an optical dipole trap. We theoretically analyze the experimental spectrum to obtain an accurate description of the long-range potential of the ground state molecule. Based on the measured binding energies, we arrive at an improved value of the interspecies $s$-wave scattering length $a_{s0}=30$ $a_0$. Employing coherent two-photon spectroscopy we also …
Feshbach-optimized photoassociation of ultracold $^6$Li$^{87}$Rb molecules with short pulses
本文研究了在磁费什巴赫共振附近短脉冲作用下，基态$^6$ Li $^{87}$ Rb分子通过$\mathrm{B}^1Π$电子态的双色光缔合.施加近共振磁场以混合初始波函数的超精细单重态和三重态分量并增强光缔合速率，然后通过第二脉冲将群体转移到基态。我们表明，产生的分子的绝对数量的增加高达三个数量级是可以实现的深绑定的振动水平。这种技术可以推广到具有可接近的磁费什巴赫共振的其他分子。
We report on photoassociation (PA) spectroscopy of a degenerate Fermi gas of $^{173}$Yb atoms near the dissociation limit of the spin-forbidden ${^1}S_0-{^3}P_1$ intercombination transition. An atom-loss spectrum is measured from a trapped sample for a spectral range down to $-1$~GHz with respect to the $f=5/2 \rightarrow f^\prime=7/2$ atomic resonance. The spectrum shows eighty PA resonances, revealing the high nuclear spin nature of the system. We investigate the Zeeman effect on the spectrum near a detuning of $-0.8$~GHz, where we examine the quantum numbers of the Zeeman levels using vario…
We explore the feasibility of optically forming long-range tetratomic and larger polyatomic molecules in their ground electronic state from ultracold pairs of polar molecules aligned by external fields. Depending on the relative orientation of the interacting diatomic molecules, we find that a tetratomic can be formed either as a weakly bound complex in a very extended halo state or as a pure long-range molecule composed of collinear or nearly-collinear diatomic molecules. The latter is a novel type of tetratomic molecule comprised of two diatomic molecules bound at long intermolecular range a…
Ultracold paramagnetic and polar diatomic molecules are among the promising systems for quantum simulation of lattice-spin models. Unfortunately, their experimental observation is still challenging. Based on our recent \textit{ab-initio} calculations, we analyze the feasibility of all-optical schemes for the formation of ultracold $^{87}$Rb$^{84}$Sr bosonic molecules. First, we have studied the formation by photoassociation followed by spontaneous emission. The photoassociation rates to levels belonging to electronic states converging to the $^{87}$Rb$(5s\,^2S)$+$^{84}$Sr($5s5p\,^3P_{0,1,2}$) …
We investigate the dynamical process of optically trapped X$^{1}$$Σ$$^{+}$ (v" = 0) state $^{85}$Rb$^{133}$Cs molecules distributing in J" = 1 and J" = 3 rotational states. The considered molecules, formed from short-range photoassociation of mixed cold atoms, are subsequently confined in a crossed optical dipole trap. Based on a phenomenological rate equation, we provide a detailed study of the dynamics of $^{85}$Rb$^{133}$Cs molecules during the loading and holding processes. The inelastic collisions of $^{85}$Rb$^{133}$Cs molecules in the X$^{1}$$Σ$$^{+}$ (v" = 0, J" = 1 and J" = 3) states …
Narrow Line Photoassociation in an Optical Lattice
在一维魔波长光晶格中，我们用超冷的$^{88}$ Sr在$^1$ S $_0 - ^3$ P $_1$复合跃迁附近进行了窄线光缔合光谱研究。测量并鉴定了与长程$0_u$和$1_u$势能面相关的9个最小束缚振动分子能级。一个简单的理论模型准确地描述了水平的位置和治疗的晶格限制线的形状的影响。测得的共振强度表明，光学调谐的基态散射长度应该是可能的，没有显着的原子损失。
