High-intensity two-frequency photoassociation spectroscopy of a weakly bound molecular state: theory and experiment
arXiv:1812.11682 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.100.013408
Abstract
We investigate two-frequency photoassociation of a weakly bound molecular state, focusing on a regime where the ac Stark shift is comparable to the halo-state energy. In this "high-intensity" regime, we observe features absent in low-intensity two-frequency photoassociation. We experimentally measure the spectra of Sr atoms coupled to the least bound state of the Sr ground electronic channel through an intermediate electronically excited molecular state. We compare the spectra to a simple three-level model that includes a two-frequency drive on each leg of the transition. With numerical solution of the time-dependent Schrodinger equation, we show that this model accurately captures (1) the existence of experimentally observed satellite peaks that arise from nonlinear processes, (2) the locations of the two-photon peak in the spectrum, including ac Stark shifts, and (3) in some cases, spectral lineshapes. To better understand these numerical results, we develop an approximate treatment of this model, based on Floquet and perturbation theory, that gives simple formulas that accurately capture the halo-state energies. We expect these expressions to be valuable tools to analyze and guide future two-frequency photoassociation experiments.
arXiv comment12 pages, 7 figures
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