Photoassociation of Sodium in a Bose-Einstein Condensate

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C. McKenzie · National Institute of Standards and Technology

Johannes Hecker Denschlag · National Institute of Standards and Technology

H. Häffner · National Institute of Standards and Technology

Antoine Browaeys · National Institute of Standards and Technology

Luís E. E. de Araújo · National Institute of Standards and Technology

Fredrik K. Fatemi · National Institute of Standards and Technology

Abstract

We form ultracold Na2 molecules by single-photon photoassociation of a Bose-Einstein condensate, measuring the photoassociation rate, linewidth, and light shift of the J = 1, v = 135 vibrational level of the A1 Sigma (+)(u) molecular state. The photoassociation rate constant increases linearly with intensity, even where it is predicted that many-body effects might limit the rate. Our observations are in good agreement with a two-body theory having no free parameters.

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Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates Quantum Information and Cryptography Strong Light-Matter Interactions

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Published in: Physical Review Letters

Volume 88, Issue 12, pp. 120403-120403

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.88.120403

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