New Directions in Degenerate Dipolar Molecules via Collective Association

Details New Directions in Degenerate Dipolar Molecules via Collective Association New Directions in Degenerate Dipolar Molecules via Collective Association

2004-06-16

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0406074v1

Eur. Phys. J. D 31, 273 (2004)

Physics

Atomic Physics

10 pages, 5 figures, 77+ references, submitted to Euro. Phys. J. topical issue on "Ultracold Polar Molecules: Formation and Co

Scientific paper

10.1140/epjd/e2004-00122-3

We survey results on the creation of heteronuclear Fermi molecules by tuning a degenerate Bose-Fermi mixture into the neighborhood of an association resonance, either photoassociation or Feshbach, as well as the subsequent prospects for Cooper-like pairing between atoms and molecules. In the simplest case of only one molecular state, corresponding to either a Feshbach resonance or one-color photoassociation, the system displays Rabi oscillations and rapid adiabatic passage between a Bose-Fermi mixture of atoms and fermionic molecules. For two-color photoassociation, the system admits stimulated Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP) from a Bose-Fermi mixture of atoms to stable Fermi molecules, even in the presence of particle-particle interactions. By tailoring the STIRAP sequence it is possible to deliberately convert only a fraction of the initial atoms, leaving a finite fraction of bosons behind to induce atom-molecule Cooper pairing via density fluctuations; unfortunately, this enhancement is insufficient to achieve a superfluid transition with present ultracold technology. We therefore propose the use of an association resonance that converts atoms and diatomic molecules (dimers) into triatomic molecules (trimers), which leads to a crossover from a Bose-Einstein condensate of trimers to atom-dimer Cooper pairs. Because heteronuclear dimers may possess a permanent electric dipole moment, this overall system presents an opportunity to investigate novel microscopic physics.

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