Dual potassium-cesium MOT for production of ultracold molecules
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Abstract
We present our setup for simultaneous trapping of potassium and cesium atoms in a dual MOT. Our goal is to use the trapped atoms to form ultracold $KCs$ molecules by photoassociation. The setup consists of all diode lasers for $Cs$ and a tapered amplifier for $K$ atoms cooling. In addition, we also use diode lasers for photoassociation. The setup relies on trap-loss or ion detection. We will discuss possibilities for deeply bound ground state molecule production via state coupling, as well as resonant multi-photon detection schemes and applications.
*This work is supported by the Research Corporation for Sceince Advancement and Goucher College.