This paper reports that ultracold atoms are populated into different nS and nD Rydberg states （n=25-52） by two-photon excitation. The ionization spectrum of an ultracold Rydberg atom is acquired in a cesium magneto-optical trap by using the method of pulse field ionization. This denotes nS and nD states in the ionization spectrum and fits the data of energy levels of different Rydberg states to obtain quantum defects of nS and nD states.
In this paper, an ultra-high resolution photoassociation spectroscopy study on photoassociation of cesium atoms is reported. The cold cesium gas in the mag-neto-optical trap is illuminated by a photoassociation laser with red-tuning as large as 40 cm?1 below the 6S1/2 + 6P3/2 dissociation limit, and the photoassociation to the excited state ultracold molecule is detected. High signal-to-noise ratio is obtained by using the lock-in detection of the fluorescence from the modulated cold Cs at-oms. The 0g?, 1g and 0u+ long-range states which correspond to 6S1/2 + 6P3/2 dissocia-tion limit are present in the photoassociation spectrum. The effective coefficients of leading long-range interactions and the corresponding vibrational quantum num-ber are obtained using LeRoy-Bernstein Law. It is found that photoassociation process creates rotating molecules and the high J value is a hint that higher partial waves participate in the PA process in the presence of trapping laser.
WANG LiRongMA JieJI WeiBangWANG GuiPingXIAO LianTuanJIA SuoTang
