Atom-molecule laser fed by stimulated three-body recombination

被引：18

作者：

Borca, B ^{[1
]}

Dunn, JW

Kokoouline, V

Greene, CH

机构：

[1] Univ Colorado, Joint Inst Lab Astrophys, Boulder, CO 80309 USA

[2] Univ Colorado, Dept Phys, Boulder, CO 80309 USA

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2003年 / 91卷 / 07期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.070404

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

Using three-body recombination as the underlying process, we propose a method of coherently driving an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) into a molecular BEC. Superradiantlike stimulation favors atom-to-molecule transitions when two atomic BECs collide at a resonant kinetic energy, the result being two molecular BEC clouds moving with well-defined velocities. Potential applications include the construction of a molecule laser.

引用

页码：704041 / 704044

页数：4

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