Feshbach-resonant Raman photoassociation in a Bose-Einstein condensate

Details Feshbach-resonant Raman photoassociation in a Bose-Einstein condensate Feshbach-resonant Raman photoassociation in a Bose-Einstein condensate

2011-08-10

arxiv.org/abs/1108.2303v2

Phys. Rev. A 84, 043614 (2011)

Physics

Atomic Physics

8 pages, 3 figures, 42+ references; v2 adds analytical approximation, editorial title change; accepted to PRA

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.84.043614

We model the formation of stable heteronuclear molecules via pulsed Raman photoassociation of a two-component Bose-Einstein condensate near a strong Feshbach resonance, for both counterintuitive and intuitive pulse sequencing. Compared to lasers alone, weak Raman photoassociation is enhanced by as much as a factor of ten (five) for a counterintuitive (intuitive) pulse sequence, whereas strong Raman photoassociation is barely enhanced at all--regardless of pulse sequence. Stronger intra-atom, molecule, or atom-molecule collisions lead to an expected decrease in conversion efficiency, but stronger ambient inter-atom collisions lead to an unexpected increase in the efficiency of stable molecule production. Numerical results agree reasonably with an analytical approximation.

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