Photoassociation of sodium in a Bose-Einstein condensate
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2009-11-07 v2
Abstract
We report on the formation of ultra-cold Na molecules using single-photon photoassociation of a Bose-Einstein condensate. The photoassociation rate, linewidth and light shift of the J=1, vibrational level of the \mterm{A}{1}{+}{u} molecular bound state have been measured. We find that the photoassociation rate constant increases linearly with intensity, even where it is predicted that many-body effects might limit the rate. Our observations are everywhere in good agreement with a two-body theory having no free parameters.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0111501,
title = {Photoassociation of sodium in a Bose-Einstein condensate},
author = {C. McKenzie and J. Hecker Denschlag and H. Haeffner and A. Browaeys and Luis E. E. de Araujo and F. K. Fatemi and K. M. Jones and J. E. Simsarian and D. Cho and A. Simoni and E. Tiesinga and P. S. Julienne and K. Helmerson and P. D. Lett and S. L. Rolston and W. D. Phillips},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0111501},
year = {2009}
}
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Fixes to the figures and references. Just the normal human stupidity type stuff, nothing Earth-shattering