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Driving superfluidity with photoassociation

Atomic Physics 2015-06-26 v1 Soft Condensed Matter Chemical Physics Quantum Physics

Abstract

We theoretically examine photoassociation of a two-component Fermi degenerate gas. Our focus is on adjusting the atom-atom interaction, and thereby increasing the critical temperature of the BCS transition to the superfluid state. In order to avoid spontaneous decay of the molecules, the photoassociating light must be far-off resonance. Very high light intensities are therefore required for effective control of the BCS transition.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0011019,
  title  = {Driving superfluidity with photoassociation},
  author = {Matt Mackie and Eddy Timmermans and Robin Cote and Juha Javanainen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0011019},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

7 (preprint) pages; submitted to Optics Express