Laser Spectroscopy of Ultracold Metastable Helium Atoms

Lesa Byron, Oscar Turazza, Robert Dall, Andrew Truscott, Kenneth Baldwin

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    Abstract

    A Bose-Einstein condensation experiment is used to create ultracold metastable helium (23S1) atoms which are probed by a 389nm laser connecting with the 33P state to study photoassociation in the short-lived molecular states thus created.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publication2006 Technical Digest. OSA Frontiers in Optics. Laser Science XXII. OF & T. OPE
    EditorsOptical Society of America
    Place of PublicationUSA
    PublisherOptica Publishing Group
    PagesFThQ7-1
    EditionPeer Reviewed
    ISBN (Print)1557528187
    Publication statusPublished - 2006
    EventOptical Society of America Annual Meeting 2006 - Rochester USA
    Duration: 1 Jan 2006 → …

    Conference

    ConferenceOptical Society of America Annual Meeting 2006
    Period1/01/06 → …
    OtherOctober 8-12 2006

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