Mixing of 0+ and 0− observed in the hyperfine and Zeeman structure of ultracold Rb2 molecules
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2015-08-17Authors
Deiß, Markus
Drews, Björn
Hecker Denschlag, Johannes
Tiemann, Eberhard
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New Journal of Physics ; 17 (2015), 8. - eISSN 1367-2630
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https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/17/8/083032Faculties
Fakultät für NaturwissenschaftenInstitutions
Institut für QuantenmaterieCenter for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology (IQST)
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We study the combination of the hyperfine and Zeeman structure in the spin–orbit coupled ${A}^{1}{\Sigma }_{u}^{+}-{b}^{3}{\Pi }_{u}$ complex of ${}^{87}{\mathrm{Rb}}_{2}$. For this purpose, absorption spectroscopy at a magnetic field around $B=1000$ G is carried out. We drive optical dipole transitions from the lowest rotational state of an ultracold Feshbach molecule to various vibrational levels with ${0}^{+}$ symmetry of the $A-b$ complex. In contrast to previous measurements with rotationally excited alkali-dimers, we do not observe equal spacings of the hyperfine levels. In addition, the spectra vary substantially for different vibrational quantum numbers, and exhibit large splittings of up to $160$ MHz, unexpected for ${0}^{+}$ states. The level structure is explained to be a result of the repulsion between the states ${0}^{+}$ and ${0}^{-}$ of ${b}^{3}{\Pi }_{u}$, coupled via hyperfine and Zeeman interactions. In general, ${0}^{-}$ and ${0}^{+}$ have a spin–orbit induced energy spacing Δ, that is different for the individual vibrational states. From each measured spectrum we are able to extract Δ, which otherwise is not easily accessible in conventional spectroscopy schemes. We obtain values of Δ in the range of $\pm 100$ GHz which can be described by coupled channel calculations if a spin–orbit coupling is introduced that is different for ${0}^{-}$ and ${0}^{+}$ of ${b}^{3}{\Pi }_{u}$.
Subject headings
[GND]: Spektroskopie | Ultrakaltes Molekül | Hyperfeinstruktur | Zeeman-Effekt[LCSH]: Spectroscopy | Hyperfine structure | Zeeman effect | Atoms; Effect of low temperatures on | Molecules; Effect of low temperatures on | Low temperatures
[Free subject headings]: ultracold molecules | dipole transitions | spin–orbit coupling | coupled channel calculations
[DDC subject group]: DDC 530 / Physics
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Deiß, Markus et al. (2022): Mixing of 0+ and 0− observed in the hyperfine and Zeeman structure of ultracold Rb2 molecules. Open Access Repositorium der Universität Ulm und Technischen Hochschule Ulm. http://dx.doi.org/10.18725/OPARU-42830
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