3 papers
physics.atom-ph2013
Laser cooling of rotation and vibration by optical pumping
I. Manai, R. Horchani, M. Hamamda +5
We have recently demonstrated that optical pumping methods combined with photoassociation of ultra-cold atoms can produce ultra-cold and dense samples of molecules in their absolut…
quant-ph2010
Coherent excitation of a single atom to a Rydberg state
Y. Miroshnychenko, A. Gaëtan, C. Evellin +5
We present the coherent excitation of a single Rubidium atom to the Rydberg state (58d3/2) using a two-photon transition. The experimental setup is described in detail, as well as…
physics.atom-ph2009
Molecular vibrational cooling by Optical Pumping with shaped femtosecond pulses
Dimitris Sofikitis, Sebastien Weber, Andréa Fioretti +5
Some of us have recently reported in Science 321 232 (2008) vibrational cooling of translationally cold Cs_2 molecules into the lowest vibrational level v=0 of the singlet X 1Sigma…