Breaking van der Waals molecules with magnetic fields

被引：54

作者：

Krems, RV ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Harvard Univ, Dept Phys, Harvard MIT Ctr Ultracold Atoms, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

[2] Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys, Inst Theoret Atom Mol & Opt Phys, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2004年 / 93卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.013201

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

It is demonstrated that weakly bound van der Waals complexes can dissociate in a magnetic field through coupling between the Zeeman levels. The Zeeman predissociation process is shown to be efficient and it can be controlled by external magnetic fields.

引用

页码：013201 / 1

页数：4

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