Observation of a p-wave Optical Feshbach Resonance
Atomic Physics
2015-06-11 v4 Quantum Physics
Abstract
We demonstrate a p$-wave optical Feshbach resonance (OFR) using purely long-range molecular states of a fermionic isotope of ytterbium ^{171}Yb, following the proposition made by K. Goyal et al. [Phys. Rev. A 82, 062704 (2010)]. The p-wave OFR is clearly observed as a modification of a photoassociation rate for atomic ensembles at about 5 micro-Kelvins. A scattering phase shift variation of \delta \eta=0.022 rad is observed with an atom loss rate coefficient K=28.0*10^{-12} cm^3/s.
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@article{arxiv.1210.2567,
title = {Observation of a p-wave Optical Feshbach Resonance},
author = {Rekishu Yamazaki and Shintaro Taie and Seiji Sugawa and Katsunari Enomoto and Yoshiro Takahashi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.2567},
year = {2015}
}