U.S.-France Cooperative Research: Alkali Dimer Spectroscopy Towards Formation of Cold Molecules

这项为期两年的奖项为美法合作研究应用多重共振光谱技术对撞超冷原子提供了支持。康涅狄格大学的威廉·斯特瓦利和巴黎大学奥赛分校棉花实验室的克劳德·阿米奥特领导的研究小组参与了这项合作。研究人员将把他们的工作重点放在超冷原子的翻译超冷分子上。这家美国集团将光谱学、激光冷却和陷阱方面的专业知识带到了这次合作中。这与法国在非辐射衰变方面的理论专长相辅相成。该项目利用了康涅狄格大学的全光学多重共振光谱(可见光和近可见光)和奥赛的傅里叶变换光谱(红外)的设施。该项目将促进对分子结构和原子间作用力的理解。

This two-year award provides support for US-France cooperative research on the application of multiple resonance spectroscopic techniques to colliding ultracold atoms. The collaboration involves research groups led by William Stwalley at the University of Connecticut and Claude Amiot at the Laboratoire Cotton Aime, University of Paris at Orsay. The investigators will focus their effort on translationally ultracold molecules from ultracold atoms. The US group brings to this collaboration expertise in spectroscopy and laser cooling and trapping. This is complemented by French theoretical expertise in non-radiative decay. The project takes advantage of facilities for all-optical multiple resonance spectroscopy (visible and near visible) at the University of Connecticut and Fourier Transform Spectroscopy (infrared) at Orsay. The project will advance understanding of molecular structure and interatomic forces.