Comment on 'Stimulated Raman adiabatic passage from an atomic to a molecular Bose-Einstein condensate'

Journal Article · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2005 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.71.017601· OSTI ID:20650315

Mackie, Matt; Collin, Anssi ^[1]; Javanainen, Juha ^[2]

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1. Helsinki Institute of Physics, PL 64, FIN-00014 Helsingin yliopisto (Finland)
2. Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3046 (United States)

Collective two-color photoassociation of a freely interacting {sup 87}Rb Bose-Einstein condensate is theoretically examined, focusing on stimulated Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP) from an atomic to a stable molecular condensate. In particular, Drummond et al. [Phys. Rev. A. 65, 063619 (2002)] have predicted that particle-particle interactions can limit the efficiency of collective atom-molecule STIRAP, and that optimizing the laser parameters can partially overcome this limitation. We suggest that the molecular conversion efficiency can be further improved by treating the initial condensate density as an optimization parameter.

• OSTI ID: 20650315
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Vol. 71, Issue 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.71.017601; (c) 2005 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1050-2947
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
ATOMS
BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION
COLOR
CONVERSION
DENSITY
EFFICIENCY
FOCUSING
LASER RADIATION
MOLECULES
OPTIMIZATION
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
RUBIDIUM 87