Formation of ultracold metastable Rb2 molecules in their v"=0 level by blue-detuned photoassociation

M. A. Bellos, D. Rahmlow, R. Carollo +6

We report on the observation of blue-detuned photoassociation in Rb2, in which vibrational levels are energetically above the corresponding excited atomic asymptote. 85Rb atoms in…