Grid methods for cold molecules : determination of photoassociation lineshapes and rate constants

Details Grid methods for cold molecules : determination of photoassociation lineshapes and rate constants Grid methods for cold molecules : determination of photoassociation lineshapes and rate constants

2007-01-10

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0701123v1

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A description of photoassociation by CW laser is formulated in the framework of grid methods. The Hamiltonian describing one or several bound states coupled to a multiple of continuum manifolds via a radiative field is written in the energy representation and diagonalized. The generality of the treatment allows to compute accurately and efficiently physical properties such as non-linear high-intensity energy shifts, line shapes, and photoassociation rates both for isolated and non-isolated resonances. Application is given to sodium photoassociation in the experimental conditions of Mc Kenzie {\it et al} [Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 88}, 090403 (2002)]. Inverted region for the dependency of the rate vs. the intensity and non-symmetric lineshapes were predicted to occur above the saturation limit. Comparison with the model of Bohn and Julienne [Phys. Rev. A {\bf 60}, 414 (1999)] is discussed.

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