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Dual-species Bose-Einstein condensates of $^{7}$Li and $^{133}$Cs

Quantum Gases 2023-09-11 v2 Atomic Physics

Abstract

We report the creation of dual-species Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) of 7^{7}Li and 133^{133}Cs. These BECs are formed in a bichromatic optical dipole trap created with 1550-nm and 780-nm laser beams. During the production process, an external magnetic field of 886~G is applied to adjust the scattering lengths to aCs=123a0a_{\rm{Cs}} = 123a_0, aLi=484a0a_{\rm{Li}} = 484a_0, and aLiCs=248a0a_{\rm{LiCs}} = 248a_0. These scattering lengths allow for efficient evaporation and sympathetic cooling. The dual-species BECs are typically produced with 1.5×1041.5\times 10^4 Cs atoms and 6.0×1036.0\times 10^3 Li atoms. This quantum degenerate mixture of Li and Cs provides an ideal platform for exploring phenomena such as polarons and Efimov trimers, as well as for creating ground-state LiCs molecules.

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@article{arxiv.2306.02698,
  title  = {Dual-species Bose-Einstein condensates of $^{7}$Li and $^{133}$Cs},
  author = {Y. -D. Chen and W. -X. Li and Y. -T. Sun and Q. -C. Chen and P. -Y. Chang and S. Tung},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.02698},
  year   = {2023}
}

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9 pages, 9 figures