Stimulated Raman molecule production in Bose-Einstein condensates

被引：103
作者：
Julienne, PS [1 ]
Burnett, K
Band, YB
Stwalley, WC
机构：
[1] Natl Inst Stand & Technol, Atom Phys Div, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 USA
[2] Univ Oxford, Dept Phys, Clarendon Lab, Oxford OX1 3PU, England
[3] Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Dept Chem, Beer Sheva, Israel
[4] Univ Connecticut, Dept Phys, Storrs, CT 06269 USA
来源：
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1998年 / 58卷 / 02期
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D O I：
10.1103/PhysRevA.58.R797
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
A Raman photoassociation process can be used to form translationally cold molecules from a Bose-Einstein condensate. Coupled-channels scattering calculations show that the rate coefficient for coherent production of molecules in specific target states, > 10(-10) cm(3)/s, can greatly exceed the rate coefficient for heating and loss channels due to excited-state spontaneous decay. This implies the feasibility of rapid coherent conversion of atom pairs in a condensate to molecules on a time scale short compared to the trap oscillation time. [S1050-2947(98)50708-1].
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页码：R797 / R800
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