Pure gas of optically trapped molecules created from fermionic atoms

被引：272

作者：

Jochim, S ^{[1
]}

Bartenstein, M ^{[1
]}

Altmeyer, A ^{[1
]}

Hendl, G ^{[1
]}

Chin, C ^{[1
]}

Denschlag, JH ^{[1
]}

Grimm, R ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Innsbruck, Inst Expt Phys, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2003年 / 91卷 / 24期

基金：

奥地利科学基金会;

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.240402

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We report on the production of a pure sample of up to 3x10(5) optically trapped molecules from a Fermi gas of Li-6 atoms. The dimers are formed by three-body recombination near a Feshbach resonance. For purification, a Stern-Gerlach selection technique is used that efficiently removes all trapped atoms from the atom-molecule mixture. The behavior of the purified molecular sample shows a striking dependence on the applied magnetic field. For very weakly bound molecules near the Feshbach resonance, the gas exhibits a remarkable stability with respect to collisional decay.

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