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Atom-molecule Rabi oscillations in a Mott insulator
- Source :
- PRL 99, 033201 (2007)
- Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- We observe large-amplitude Rabi oscillations between an atomic and a molecular state near a Feshbach resonance. The experiment uses 87Rb in an optical lattice and a Feshbach resonance near 414 G. The frequency and amplitude of the oscillations depend on magnetic field in a way that is well described by a two-level model. The observed density dependence of the oscillation frequency agrees with the theoretical expectation. We confirmed that the state produced after a half-cycle contains exactly one molecule at each lattice site. In addition, we show that for energies in a gap of the lattice band structure, the molecules cannot dissociate.
- Subjects :
- Condensed Matter - Statistical Mechanics
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Journal :
- PRL 99, 033201 (2007)
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.0704.2155
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.033201