• DocumentCode
    500435
  • Title

    Observation of an optical Feshbach resonance in 88Sr

  • Author

    Mickelson, Pascal G. ; Martinez De Escobar, Y.N. ; Yan, M. ; Chakraborty, R. ; Killian, T.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Rice Univ., Houston, TX, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We have tuned the s-wave scattering length of 88Sr via an optical Feshbach resonance. Change in the rate of thermalization of atoms reveals a slight increase in the phase space density of the atom sample.
  • Keywords
    Bose-Einstein condensation; light scattering; resonant states; strontium; 88Sr; atoms thermalization; optical Feshbach resonance; phase space density; s-wave scattering; Atom optics; Atomic beams; Atomic measurements; Gases; Magnetic resonance; Optical losses; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; Resonance light scattering; Temperature; (020.1475) Bose-Einstein condensates; (020.2070) Effects of collisions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5225828