Physics – Condensed Matter – Other Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2007-05-31
Physics
Condensed Matter
Other Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevA.76.063615
We study the photo-association of Bose-Einstein condensed atoms into molecules using an optical cavity field. The driven cavity field introduces a new dynamical degree of freedom into the photoassociation process, whose role in determining the stationary behavior has not previously been considered. The semiclassical stationary solutions for the atom and molecules as well as the intracavity field are found and their stability and scaling properties are determined in terms of experimentally controllable parameters including driving amplitude of the cavity and the nonlinear interactions between atoms and molecules. For weak cavity driving, we find a bifurcation in the atom and molecule number occurs that signals a transition from a stable steady state to nonlinear Rabi oscillations. For a strongly driven cavity, there exists bistability in the atom and molecule number.
Jaaskelainen Markku
Jeong Jaeyoon
Search Christopher P.
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