@misc{10481/83977,
year = {2023},
month = {6},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/83977},
abstract = {We report on photoassociation spectroscopy probing the 
c
3
Σ
+
1
 potential of the bialkali NaCs molecule, identifying 11 vibrational lines between 
v
′
=
0
 and 
v
′
=
25
 of the excited 
c
3
Σ
+
1
 potential and fitting their rotational and hyperfine structure. The observed lines are assigned by fitting to an effective Hamiltonian model of the excited-state structure with rotational and hyperfine constants as free parameters. We discuss unexpected broadening of select vibrational lines and its possible link to strong spin-orbit coupling of the 
c
3
Σ
+
1
 potential with the nearby 
b
3
Π
1
 and 
B
1
Π
1
 manifolds. Finally, we report use of the 
v
′
=
22
 line as an intermediate state for two-photon transfer of weakly bound Feshbach molecules to the rovibrational ground state of the 
X
1
Σ
+
 manifold.},
organization = {NSF (Grant No. PHY-2110225), the
AFOSR (Grant No. FA9550-19-1-0089)},
organization = {Grant No. TC-18-003).
J.T.Z. was supported by a National Defense Science and
Engineering Graduate Fellowship.},
organization = {Spanish Projects No. PID2020-113390GB-I00
(MICIN), No. PY20-00082 (Junta de Andalucía),},
organization = {A-FQM-52-UGR20 (ERDF–University of Granada) and Andalusian
Research Group FQM-207},
publisher = {American Physical Society},
title = {High resolution photoassociation spectroscopy of the excited c3  + 1 potential of 23Na133Cs},
author = {Picard, Lewis R. B. and González Férez, María Rosario},
}