Rate limit for photoassociation of a Bose-Einstein condensate.
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.
Javanainen
Juha
J
Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-3046, USA.
Mackie
Matt
M