title: Laser-catalyzed production of ultracold molecules: the 6Li+6Li7Li-->homega6Li-6Li+7Li reaction.
abstract: We show that by using laser catalysis, we can employ translationally cold (Tr approximately 1.75 K) collisions to produce ultracold (0.01 mK<Tp<1 mK) (homonuclear) molecules. We illustrate this approach by studying the laser catalysis of the 6Li+6Li7Li-->homega(6Li6Li7Li)*(1(4)A'')-->homega6Li6Li+7Li reaction in the collinear approximation. Ultracold 6Li6Li product molecules are shown to be produced at an extraordinary yield of up to 99.97%, using moderate laser intensities of I=100 kW/cm(2)-10 MW/cm2.
authors.affiliation: Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, USA. li@nhn.ou.edu
authors.forename: Xuan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Gregory A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brumer
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Thanopulos
authors.forename: Moshe
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shapiro