• DocumentCode
    2080169
  • Title

    Converting an atomic fermi gas into a long-lived molecular bose gas

  • Author

    Strecker, Kevin E. ; Partridge, Guthrie B. ; Hulet, Randall G.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Rice Univ., Houston, TX
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    21-21 May 2004
  • Firstpage
    114
  • Lastpage
    115
  • Abstract
    We have converted a quantum degenerate Fermi gas of 6Li atoms into an ultracold gas of 6Li2 molecules using a Feshbach resonance. Up to 1.5 times 105 molecules are produced with 50% efficiency, and optically confined for up to 1 s
  • Keywords
    boson systems; fermion systems; laser cooling; quantum optics; radiation pressure; resonant states; 1 s; 50 percent; 6Li atoms; 6Li2 molecules; Feshbach resonance; Li; atomic Fermi gas; long-lived Bose gas; optical confinement; quantum degenerate Fermi gas; ultracold gas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-778-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1366669