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View SchemaMesoscopic molecular ions in Bose-Einstein condensates
| Authors | Robin Cote, V. Kharchenko, M. D. Lukin |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0112113 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0112113 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.093001 |
Abstract
We study the possible formation of large (mesoscopic) molecular ions in an ultracold degenerate bosonic gas doped with charged particles (ions). We show that the polarization potentials produced by the ionic impurities are capable of capturing hundreds of atoms into loosely bound states. We describe the spontaneous formation of these hollow molecular ions via phonon emission and suggest an optical technique for coherent stimulated transitions of free atoms into a specific bound state. These results open up new interesting possibilities for manipulating tightly confined ensembles.
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