Progress on research in the field of molecules at cold and ultracold temperatures is reported
in this review. It covers extensively the experimental methods to produce, detect and …

Cold inelastic collisions between confined cesium (Cs) atoms and Cs 2 molecules are
investigated inside a CO 2 laser dipole trap. Inelastic atom-molecule collisions can be …

We present detailed experimental spectra and accurate theoretical interpretation of
resonance-enhanced two-photon ionization of ultracold rubidium molecules in the 14000 …

We form ultracold ground-state Rb 2 molecules by photoassociating pairs of atoms in a
magneto-optical trap into the 0 u+ state, which decays radiatively into high vibrational levels …

Significant two-body losses are observed in an ultracold gas of 85 Rb or 87 Rb atoms in a
crossed dipole trap implemented with a broadband laser with a wavelength around 1071 …

A detailed treatment of an electro-optical trap for polar molecules, realized by embedding an
optical trap within a uniform electrostatic field, is presented and the trap's properties …

By stabilizing the beam pointing of optical trapping beams, we have succeeded in stable
formation of Bose–Einstein condensate (BEC) of 87 Rb with all-optical method. The thermal …

This chapter gives a motivation for the work presented here by outlining the history of atomic
and molecular spectroscopy and placing the experiments described in the context of current …

In this work, we have developed and characterized a laser-pulse-train technique to observe
cold Rb 2 molecules trapped in an optical dipole trap. The molecules are produced in a …

By using IR laser photoionization in a magneto-optical trap, radiative lifetimes of rubidium
Rydberg nd states (n= 16–20) have been measured. The measured lifetimes are: 4.63 μs for …