Inhibiting Three-Body Recombination in Atomic Bose-Einstein Condensates
Chris P. SearchOptical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USAWeiping ZhangDepartment of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. ChinaPierre MeystreOptical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
2004en
ABI
Abstract
We discuss the possibility of inhibiting three-body recombination in atomic Bose-Einstein condensates via the application of resonant 2pi laser pulses. These pulses result in the periodic change in the phase of the molecular state by pi, which leads to destructive interference between the decay amplitudes following successive pulses. We show that the decay rate can be reduced by several orders of magnitude under realistic conditions.
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