Laser-Driven Collisions between Atoms in a Bose-Einstein Condensed Gas
- 19 August 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 77 (8) , 1416-1419
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.77.1416
Abstract
We have determined the rate of loss of atoms from a Bose-Einstein condensed gas due to binary processes in the presence of a far-detuned laser field. In this limit, the binary loss rate spectrum is markedly different from, and can greatly exceed, the basic atomic loss rate. We suggest that measurements of the loss rate spectrum can be used to determine the nature of atom interactions in a condensate.Keywords
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