Production of Ultracold Molecules with Chirped Nanosecond Pulses: Evidence for Coherent Effects

J. L. Carini, J. A. Pechkis, C. E. Rogers +3

We use frequency-chirped light on the nanosecond time scale to produce ultracold ${}^{87}$Rb${}_2$ molecules in the lowest triplet state via the process of photoassociation. Comparin…