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

这项为期两年的资助将用于支持美法合作研究多共振光谱技术在超冷原子碰撞中的应用。此次合作涉及由康涅狄格大学的William Stwalley和巴黎奥赛大学棉花实验室的Claude Amiot领导的研究小组。研究人员将把精力集中在从超冷原子转化成超冷分子上。这家美国公司为此次合作带来了光谱学和激光冷却与俘获方面的专业知识。这得到了法国在非辐射衰变方面的理论专长的补充。该项目利用了康涅狄格大学的全光学多重共振光谱（可见和近可见）和奥赛的傅立叶变换光谱（红外）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.