Physics – Atomic Physics
Scientific paper
2005-07-26
Physics
Atomic Physics
7 pages, 4 figures
Scientific paper
10.1209/epl/i2005-10275-y
We observe light-induced frequency shifts in one-color photoassociative spectra of magnetically trapped $^4$He$^*$ atoms in the metastable $2^3S_1$ state. A pair of ultracold spin-polarized $2^3S_1$ helium atoms is excited into a molecular bound state in the purely long range $0_u^+$ potential connected to the $2^3S_1 - 2^3P_0$ asymptote. The shift arises from the optical coupling of the molecular excited bound state with the scattering states and the bound states of two colliding $2^3S_1$ atoms. We measure the frequency-shifts for several ro-vibrational levels in the $0^+_u$ potential and find a linear dependence on the photoassociation laser intensity. Comparison with a theoretical analysis provides a good indication for the s-wave scattering length $a$ of the quintet ($^5\Sigma_g^+$) potential, $a=7.2\pm 0.6$ nm, which is significantly lower than most previous results obtained by non-spectroscopic methods.
Cohen-Tannoudji Clande
Dugué Julien
Kim Jongsoo
Leduc Michèle
Moal Steven
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