Phys. Rev. A 66, 043613 (2002) [5 pages]Feshbach-stimulated photoproduction of a stable molecular Bose-Einstein condensateReceived 18 March 2002; revised 25 June 2002; published 23 October 2002 Photoassociation and the Feshbach resonance are, in principle, feasible means for creating a molecular Bose-Einstein condensate from an already-quantum-degenerate gas of atoms; however, mean-field shifts and irreversible decay place practical constraints on the efficient delivery of stable molecules using either mechanism alone. We therefore propose Feshbach-stimulated Raman photoproduction, i.e., a combination of magnetic and optical methods, as a means to collectively convert degenerate atoms into a stable molecular condensate with near-unit efficiency. © 2002 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.66.043613
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.66.043613
PACS:
03.75.Fi, 05.30.Fk, 32.80.Wr
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