Rate limit for photoassociation of a Bose-Einstein condensate
arXiv:cond-mat/0108349 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.090403
Abstract
We simulate numerically the photodissociation of molecules into noncondensate atom pairs that accompanies photoassociation of an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate into a molecular condensate. Such rogue photodissociation sets a limit on the achievable rate of photoassociation. Given the atom density ρand mass m, the limit is approximately 6\hbarρ^{2/3}/m. At low temperatures this is a more stringent restriction than the unitary limit of scattering theory.
5 pgs, 18 refs., 3 figs., submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett
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