Atom--Molecule Coherence in a Bose-Einstein Condensate

Details Atom--Molecule Coherence in a Bose-Einstein Condensate Atom--Molecule Coherence in a Bose-Einstein Condensate

2002-04-20

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0204436v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

7 pages, 6 figures

Scientific paper

10.1038/417529a

Coherent coupling between atoms and molecules in a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) has been observed. Oscillations between atomic and molecular states were excited by sudden changes in the magnetic field near a Feshbach resonance and persisted for many periods of the oscillation. The oscillation frequency was measured over a large range of magnetic fields and is in excellent quantitative agreement with the energy difference between the colliding atom threshold energy and the energy of the bound molecular state. This agreement indicates that we have created a quantum superposition of atoms and diatomic molecules, which are chemically different species.

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