Toward the production of quantum degenerate bosonic polar molecules, 41K87Rb

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作者
Aikawa, K. [2 ]
Akamatsu, D. [1 ]
Kobayashi, J. [1 ]
Ueda, M. [3 ,4 ]
Kishimoto, T. [5 ]
Inouye, S. [1 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Univ Tokyo, Inst Engn Innovat, Bunkyo Ku, Tokyo 1138656, Japan
[2] Univ Tokyo, Dept Appl Phys, Bunkyo Ku, Tokyo 1138656, Japan
[3] Univ Tokyo, Dept Phys, Bunkyo Ku, Tokyo 1130033, Japan
[4] JST, ERATO Macroscop Quantum Control Project, Bunkyo Ku, Tokyo 1138656, Japan
[5] Univ Electrocommun, Chofu, Tokyo 1828585, Japan
来源
NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS | 2009年 / 11卷
基金
日本学术振兴会;
关键词
ATOMS; GAS;
D O I
10.1088/1367-2630/11/5/055035
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We review our experimental progress toward achieving the production of quantum degenerate bosonic polar molecules, (KRb)-K-41-Rb-87. Our primary goal is to transfer quantum degenerate Feshbach molecules into the absolute ground state via the stimulated Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP). We have achieved a dual-species Bose-Einstein condensate of K-41 and Rb-87 in a magnetic trap, which consists of N-K = 1.4 x 10(4) potassium atoms and N-Rb = 3.5 x 10(4) rubidium atoms. An optimum optical transition for STIRAP is being identified by a separate experiment based on photoassociation in a dual-species magneto-optical trap of K-41 and Rb-87.
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