Optical Suppression of Photoassociative Ionization in a Magneto-Optical Trap
- 3 October 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 73 (14) , 1911-1914
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.73.1911
Abstract
We demonstrate suppression of two-color photoassociative ionization in a sodium vapor magneto-optical trap by imposing an auxiliary "suppressor" light beam on the ensemble of colliding trapped atoms. We interpret the experimental results in terms of a simple picture in which the suppressor light intercepts incoming reactant particle flux and reroutes it to long-range repulsive states, effectively preventing further approach of the collision pairs.Keywords
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