Rate limit for photoassociation of a Bose-Einstein condensate.
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چکیده
We simulate numerically the photodissociation of molecules into noncondensate atom pairs that accompanies photoassociation of an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate into a molecular condensate. Such rogue photodissociation sets a limit on the achievable rate of photoassociation. Given the atom density rho and mass m, the limit is approximately 6(planck)rho(2/3)/m.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review letters
دوره 88 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002