Bistability and quantum fluctuations in coherent photoassociation of a Bose-Einstein condensate
- 15 April 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 65 (5) , 053603
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.65.053603
Abstract
We show that there exists bistability in coherent photoassociation of a Bose-Einstein condensate and investigate the corresponding quantum fluctuations. The simple analytical expressions obtained demonstrate clearly how to sweep adiabatically the frequency of the driving laser to convert a condensate of atoms into a condensate of molecules in an optimum and deterministic way.Keywords
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