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1 Observation of Feshbach resonances in ultracold Rb and 133 Cs mixtures at high magnetic field Rubidium Caesium Hung-Wen, Cho

2 Motivation Bialkali molecules in the ground state have a large permanent electric dipole moment ex. RbCs d=1.25 Debye V int = d 2 1 3cos a r r 3 M (r r ) Quantum computation with trapped polar molecules Dipole-dipole interaction Contact interaction 52 Cr BEC_PRL, 101, (2008) Ultracold chemistry and precision measurement Molecules clocks Electric dipole moment (EDM) measurement Nature 473, 493 (2011), Phys. Rev. A 84, (2011) PRL, 88, (2002)

3 Introduction Helium buffer-gas 7 Li, Rb Microwave cavity trap Cryogenic sources Trapping and sympathetic cooling Coherently controlled molecule array Photostop Magnetic decelerator Stark decelerator Bringing molecules to rest Associate ultracold atoms RbCs YbCs

4 MMQA_MicroKelvin Molecules in a Quantum Array Professor EA Hinds (Physics ICL) Dr MR Tarbutt (Physics ICL) Professor JM Hutson (Chemistry Durham) Dr SL Cornish (Physics Durham) Dr D Carty (Physics & Chemistry Durham) Dr E Wrede (Chemistry Durham) Helium buffer-gas cooling YbF, T:3K d=10 17 cm -3 LiH, CaF, SO, OH Stark decelerator (Electric) E LiH brought to rest removed 50% of Ekin of CaF x Sympathetic cooling 7 Li and Rb Li in magnetic trap (300µK), overlap with LiH from Stark decelerator (50mK) ->5mK after 0.6s try cool Li using rf evaporation RbCs, CsYb Mixture Zeeman decelerator (Magnetic) PhotoStop Theory not to scale Molecules Excimer laser Skimmer mm Peak current: up to 1000 A Frequency chirp: 40 khz - D.C. Full current into plane Full current out of plane 2 m y z

5 Outline Observation of Feshbach resonances in ultracold Rb and 133 Cs mixtures at high magnetic field Bose-Einstein condensations (BECs) - Rb BEC in a combined magnetic and optical trap Cs BEC in a crossed dipole trap - A quantum degenerate Bose mixture of Rb and 133 Cs Feshbach molecules - The formation background and method - Rb 133 Cs Feshbach resonance measurement Stimulate Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP) - a two-photon scheme transfers the Feshbach molecules into the rovibronic ground state Summary

6 Laser cooling & Feshbach resonance Atoms in which laser cooling has been demonstrated 1 : Alkali metals Alkaline earth metals Noble Gases Lanthanide Others Li Mg He Dy Cr Na Ca Ne Er Ag K Sr Ar Tm Cd Rb Ra Kr Yb Hg Cs Ba Xe Al Fr Feshbach molecules: 6 Li (Innsbruck, Rice, Lab kaslter-brassel, MIT 03-05), 7 Li (Rice 02, 09), 23 Na (MIT 98-99), 39 K(Florence 07), 40 K(JILA 03-04), 85 Rb(JILA 03), Rb(MPI 02-04), 133 Cs (Stanford, Innsbruck 04, 09), 52 Cr (Stuttgart 05) 6 Li 23 Na (MIT 04) 6 Li 40 K (Innsbruch 08) 6 Li Rb (Tubingen, British Columbia(Canada) 08) 7 Li Rb (Tubingen 09) 39 K Rb (Florence 08) 40 K Rb (Florence 08) 41 K Rb (Florence 08) 85 Rb Rb (JILA 06) Rb 133 Cs (Innsbruck, Durham 09 11) 1 (Steele, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, C6F1 (2010))

7 Laser cooling & Feshbach resonance Atoms in which laser cooling has been demonstrated 1 : Alkali metals Alkaline earth metals Noble Gases Lanthanide Others Li Mg He Dy Cr Na Ca Ne Er Ag K Sr Ar Tm Cd Rb Ra Kr Yb Hg Cs Ba Xe Al Fr Feshbach molecules: 6 Li (Innsbruck, Rice, Lab kaslter-brassel, MIT 03-05), 7 Li (Rice 02, 09), 23 Na (MIT 98-99), 39 K(Florence 07), 40 K(JILA 03-04), 85 Rb(JILA 03), Rb(MPI 02-04), 133 Cs (Stanford, Innsbruck 04, 09), 52 Cr (Stuttgart 05) 6 Li 23 Na (MIT 04) 6 Li 40 K (Innsbruch 08) 6 Li Rb (Tubingen, British Columbia(Canada) 08) 7 Li Rb (Tubingen 09) 39 K Rb (Florence 08) 40 K Rb (Florence 08) 41 K Rb (Florence 08) 85 Rb Rb (JILA 06) Rb 133 Cs (Innsbruck, Durham 09 11) 1 (Steele, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, C6F1 (2010))

8 Laser cooling & Feshbach resonance Atoms in which laser cooling has been demonstrated 1 : Alkali metals Alkaline earth metals Noble Gases Lanthanide Others Li Mg He Dy Cr Na Ca Ne Er Ag K Sr Ar Tm Cd Rb Ra Kr Yb Hg Cs Ba Xe Al Fr Feshbach molecules: 6 Li (Innsbruck, Rice, Lab kaslter-brassel, MIT 03-05), 7 Li (Rice 02, 09), 23 Na (MIT 98-99), 39 K(Florence 07), 40 K(JILA 03-04), 85 Rb(JILA 03), Rb(MPI 02-04), 133 Cs (Stanford, Innsbruck 04, 09), 52 Cr (Stuttgart 05) 6 Li 23 Na (MIT 04) 6 Li 40 K (Innsbruch 08) 6 Li Rb (Tubingen, British Columbia(Canada) 08) 7 Li Rb (Tubingen 09) 39 K Rb (Florence 08) 40 K Rb (Florence 08) 41 K Rb (Florence 08) 85 Rb Rb (JILA 06) Rb 133 Cs (Innsbruck, Durham 09 11) 1 (Steele, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, C6F1 (2010))

9 Laser cooling & Feshbach resonance Atoms in which laser cooling has been demonstrated 1 : Alkali metals Alkaline earth metals Noble Gases Lanthanide Others Li Mg He Dy Cr Na Ca Ne Er Ag K Sr Ar Tm Cd Rb Ra Kr Yb Hg Cs Ba Xe Al Fr Feshbach molecules: 6 Li (Innsbruck, Rice, Lab kaslter-brassel, MIT 03-05), 7 Li (Rice 02, 09), 23 Na (MIT 98-99), 39 K(Florence 07), 40 K(JILA 03-04), 85 Rb(JILA 03), Rb(MPI 02-04), 133 Cs (Stanford, Innsbruck 04, 09), 52 Cr (Stuttgart 05) 6 Li 23 Na (MIT 04) 6 Li 40 K (Innsbruch 08) 6 Li Rb (Tubingen, British Columbia(Canada) 08) 7 Li Rb (Tubingen 09) 39 K Rb (Florence 08) 40 K Rb (Florence 08) 41 K Rb (Florence 08) 85 Rb Rb (JILA 06) Rb 133 Cs (Innsbruck, Durham 09 11) RbCs is one of the stability of quantum gases of alkali-metal dimers ex. XY+XY X2+Y2 XY+XY X+XY2 or X2Y+Y PRA, 81, (R) (2010) 1 (Steele, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, C6F1 (2010))

10 Cooling Process Atoms collected in MOT Load magnetic quadrupole trap RF Evaporation in quadrupole trap Optical dipole trap loaded by reducing field gradient Levitated dipole trap and Final evaporation Reduce the beam intensity to lower the trap depth Apply a magnetic gradient to tilt the trap

11 Review Pyramid MOT Cold Atom Source 40ls -1 Ion Pump 55ls -1 Ion Pump Pyramid Chamber Two-species MOT Vacuum System - Cold-atomic beams source is created by Pyramid MOT. - >9x10 8 Rb & 4x Cs can be obtained by science MOT. - The optical potential is produced by two laser beams with waists of 70 µm and wavelength 1550nm from a 30 Watt IPG ELR-30-LP-SF

12 Review Pyramid MOT Cold Atom Source 40ls -1 Ion Pump 55ls -1 Ion Pump Pyramid Chamber Two-species MOT Vacuum System - Cold-atomic beams source is created by Pyramid MOT. - >9x10 8 Rb & 4x Cs can be obtained by science MOT. - The optical potential is produced by two laser beams with waists of 70 µm and wavelength 1550nm from a 30 Watt IPG ELR-30-LP-SF

13 Review Pyramid MOT Cold Atom Source 40ls -1 Ion Pump 55ls -1 Ion Pump Pyramid Chamber Two-species MOT Vacuum System - Cold-atomic beams source is created by Pyramid MOT. - >9x10 8 Rb & 4x Cs can be obtained by science MOT. - The optical potential is produced by two laser beams with waists of 70 µm and wavelength 1550nm from a 30 Watt Cloud Centre (Pixels) y=y0+a*exp(-x/ta y (2) A 16.6(5) 345 xc 15.3(1) 1.4 w 38.7(2) tau 193(23) ODNumber (x10 6 ) ODNumber IPG ELR-30-LP-SF HoldTime (ms) Modulation Frequency (Hz)

14 Rb BEC in a levitated crossed dipole trap Atoms are transferred into 1,+1> from 1,-1> by adiabatic rapid passage. A 26 x 26 mm square coil of 3 turns are driven to create an RF Filed at 1.5 MHz. A bias field of 22.4 G is then switched on to cross the RF Zeeman resonance at 2.1 G. J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Phys. 17 (1984)

15 Rb BEC in a levitated crossed dipole trap Atoms are transferred into 1,+1> from 1,-1> by adiabatic rapid passage. A 26 x 26 mm square coil of 3 turns are driven to create an RF Filed at 1.5 MHz. A bias field of 22.4 G is then switched on to cross the RF Zeeman resonance at 2.1 G. J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Phys. 17 (1984) Carsten Klempt Thesis

16 Rb BEC in a levitated crossed dipole trap Atoms are transferred into 1,+1> from 1,-1> by adiabatic rapid passage. A 26 x 26 mm square coil of 3 turns are driven to create an RF Filed at 1.5 MHz. A bias field of 22.4 G is then switched on to cross the RF Zeeman resonance at 2.1 G. J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Phys. 17 (1984)

17 Rb BEC in a levitated crossed dipole trap The phase-space density trajectory to BEC of Rb ( 1,+1>) in the cross dipole trap. NBEC = 1 x 10 6 Control the depth of the levitated crossed dipole trap by manipulating the magnetic field gradient. C. Chin, Phys. Rev. A, 78, (R), 2008 Sympathetic cooling of different spin states in the levitated cross dipole trap by a tilting potential. The inset shows the vertical cross-section through the potential minimum for a beam power of 0.45 W and a magnetic field gradient of 13 G/cm. Application of the experiment to sympathetic cooling of 133 Cs. The dipole trap potential corresponds to 100 mw in each beam, a magnetic field gradient of 38 G/cm and a bias field of 22.4 G. Eur. Phys. J. D ((DOI: /epjd/e ))

18 Rb BEC in a levitated crossed dipole trap The phase-space density trajectory to BEC of Rb ( 1,+1>) in the cross dipole trap. NBEC = 1 x 10 6 Control the depth of the levitated crossed dipole trap by manipulating the magnetic field gradient. C. Chin, Phys. Rev. A, 78, (R), 2008 Sympathetic cooling of different spin states in the levitated cross dipole trap by a tilting potential. The inset shows the vertical cross-section through the potential minimum for a beam power of 0.45 W and a magnetic field gradient of 13 G/cm. Application of the experiment to sympathetic cooling of 133 Cs. The dipole trap potential corresponds to 100 mw in each beam, a magnetic field gradient of 38 G/cm and a bias field of 22.4 G. Eur. Phys. J. D ((DOI: /epjd/e ))

19 Rb BEC in a levitated crossed dipole trap The phase-space density trajectory to BEC of Rb ( 1,+1>) in the cross dipole trap. NBEC = 1 x 10 6 Control the depth of the levitated crossed dipole trap by manipulating the magnetic field gradient. C. Chin, Phys. Rev. A, 78, (R), 2008 Sympathetic cooling of different spin states in the levitated cross dipole trap by a tilting potential. The inset shows the vertical cross-section through the potential minimum for a beam power of 0.45 W and a magnetic field gradient of 13 G/cm. Application of the experiment to sympathetic cooling of 133 Cs. The dipole trap potential corresponds to 100 mw in each beam, a magnetic field gradient of 38 G/cm and a bias field of 22.4 G. Eur. Phys. J. D ((DOI: /epjd/e ))

20 Rb BEC in a levitated crossed dipole trap The phase-space density trajectory to BEC of Rb ( 1,+1>) in the cross dipole trap. NBEC = 1 x 10 6 Control the depth of the levitated crossed dipole trap by manipulating the magnetic field gradient. C. Chin, Phys. Rev. A, 78, (R), 2008 Sympathetic cooling of different spin states in the levitated cross dipole trap by a tilting potential. The inset shows the vertical cross-section through the potential minimum for a beam power of 0.45 W and a magnetic field gradient of 13 G/cm. Application of the experiment to sympathetic cooling of 133 Cs. The dipole trap potential corresponds to 100 mw in each beam, a magnetic field gradient of 38 G/cm and a bias field of 22.4 G. Cs Rb Eur. Phys. J. D ((DOI: /epjd/e ))

21 hn 2 i,l 3 = n l C ~ 133 Cs BEC in the mcross-dipole a4 trap El = n R = 8 a2 1+k 2 a 2,k = m R Ṅ N = 1 L 2 hni L 3 hn 2 i,l 3 = n l C ~ m a4 a(b) (a 0 ) a(b) Cs aa s-basis B (G) 3,-3> 3,+3> Rb a~100a0

22 hn 2 i,l 3 = n l C ~ 133 Cs BEC in the mcross-dipole a4 trap El = n R = 8 a2 1+k 2 a 2,k = m R Ṅ N = 1 L 2 hni L 3 hn 2 i,l 3 = n l C ~ m a4 a(b) (a 0 ) a(b) Cs aa s-basis B (G) 3,-3> 3,+3> Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, , 2003 Rb a~100a0

23 133 Cs BEC in the cross-dipole trap γ = 2.5(2)

24 133 Cs BEC in the cross-dipole trap γ = 2.5(2) γ = 5.6(3)

25 133 Cs BEC in the cross-dipole trap To avoid the interspecies loss and optimise the transfer of 133 Cs, lower RF frequency or a resonant light to remove all Rb. The resulting loading is highly efficient with ~50% of 133 Cs transferred into dipole trap. This is double the atoms number loaded compared to Rb absence case. γ = 2.5(2) γ = 5.6(3)

26 133 Cs BEC in the cross-dipole trap To avoid the interspecies loss and optimise the transfer of 133 Cs, lower RF frequency or a resonant light to remove all Rb. The resulting loading is highly efficient with ~50% of 133 Cs transferred into dipole trap. This is double the atoms number loaded compared to Rb absence case. NBEC of 133 Cs = 8 x 10 4 γ = 2.5(2) γ = 5.6(3)

27 133 Cs BEC in the cross-dipole trap To avoid the interspecies loss and optimise the transfer of 133 Cs, lower RF frequency or a resonant light to remove all Rb. The resulting loading is highly efficient with ~50% of 133 Cs transferred into dipole trap. This is double the atoms number loaded compared to Rb absence case. NBEC of 133 Cs = 8 x 10 4 γ = 2.5(2) γ = 5.6(3)

28 Cs BEC window Optimising the magnetic field: BEC window

29 Toward Dual BEC 1) The calculated polarisabilities in atomic unit are ~ 572 a0 3 for 133 Cs and ~ 425 a0 3 for Rb at 1550 nm. Phys. Rev. A, 73, , ) A strong interspecies loss after loading into the levitated dipole trap. -τcs= 0.8(1) s, τrb= 4(1) & 70(10) s. -τrb= 0.9(2) s, τcs= 2(1) & 10(3) s. lower 3 body loss by reduce the peak density - change to a larger beam waist - decompress trap Ṅ N = L n2,l 3 = n l C m a 4 Rb 133 Cs 133 Cs Rb Eur. Phys. J. D (DOI: /epjd/e ) Phys. Rev. A (R) (2011)

30 Toward Dual BEC 1) The calculated polarisabilities in atomic unit are ~ 572 a0 3 for 133 Cs and ~ 425 a0 3 for Rb at 1550 nm. Phys. Rev. A, 73, , ) A strong interspecies loss after loading into the levitated dipole trap. -τcs= 0.8(1) s, τrb= 4(1) & 70(10) s. -τrb= 0.9(2) s, τcs= 2(1) & 10(3) s. lower 3 body loss by reduce the peak density - change to a larger beam waist - decompress trap Immiscible quantum degenerate mixture: the relative strength of the atomic interactions = g RbCs g Rb g Cs > 1,g ij =2 2 a ij ( m i + m j ) m i m j Phys.Rev. A, 65, , 2002 Ṅ N = L n2,l 3 = n l C m a 4 Rb-> 133 Cs-> Rb In our case, B = 22.4 G, arb = 100a0 and acs = 280a0, the observation of immiscibility require arbcs > 165a0. arbcs = 650a0 (J. Hustson, private communication 2011) 133 Cs 133 Cs Rb Eur. Phys. J. D (DOI: /epjd/e ) Phys. Rev. A (R) (2011)

31 stochastic projected Gross-Pitaevskii equation NTUE L. K. Liu and Prof. S. C. Gou Rb-> 133 = P{ i h Ĥi GP i + i k B T µ i ĤGP i i+ dŵi dt } Ĥ i GP = h2 2m i r 2 + V i (r)+g ii i 2 + g 12 3 i 2 I. K. Liu, paper in preparation

32 stochastic projected Gross-Pitaevskii equation NTUE L. K. Liu and Prof. S. C. Gou Rb-> 133 = P{ i h Ĥi GP i + i k B T µ i ĤGP i i+ dŵi dt } Ĥ i GP = h2 2m i r 2 + V i (r)+g ii i 2 + g 12 3 i 2 I. K. Liu, paper in preparation

33 stochastic projected Gross-Pitaevskii equation NTUE L. K. Liu and Prof. S. C. Gou Rb-> 133 = P{ i h Ĥi GP i + i k B T µ i ĤGP i i+ dŵi dt } Ĥ i GP = h2 2m i r 2 + V i (r)+g ii i 2 + g 12 3 i 2 I. K. Liu, paper in preparation

34 Outline Bose-Einstein condensations (BECs) - Rb BEC in a combined magnetic and optical trap Cs BEC in a crossed dipole trap - A quantum degenerate Bose mixture of Rb and 133 Cs Feshbach molecules - The formation background and method - Rb 133 Cs Feshbach resonance measurement Stimulate Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP) - a two-photon scheme transfers the Feshbach molecules into the rovibronic ground state Summary

35 Feshbach resonances Feshbach resonances: C. Chin, Rev. Mod. Phys. 82, (2010) F. Ferlaino et al., arxiv: (2009)

36 Feshbach resonances Position of Last Bound State:

37 Feshbach resonances Position of Last Bound State:

38 Feshbach resonances Position of Last Bound State:

39 Feshbach resonances Position of Last Bound State:

40 Feshbach resonances Position of Last Bound State:

41 Cs Feshbach resonances (6 50 G) Optimising the magnetic field: BEC window

42 Working at High Magnetic Fields Preliminary Data Cs evaporation at high fields: Cs aa Scattering length, s+d+g basis 5000 Scattering length (a 0 ) Magnetic field (G)

43 Working at High Magnetic Fields Preliminary Data Cs evaporation at high fields: Cs aa Scattering length, s+d+g basis 5000 Scattering length (a 0 ) Magnetic field (G) unitarity limit Few-Body Syst ( : )

44 Working at High Magnetic Fields Preliminary Data Cs evaporation at high fields: Loss vs Field Cooling efficiency vs Field Cs aa Scattering length, s+d+g basis 1.1 Scattering length (a 0 ) Normalised atom number Magnetic field (G) Magnetic field (G) Temperature (µk) Magnetic field (G) unitarity limit Few-Body Syst ( : )

45 Working at High Magnetic Fields Preliminary Data Cs evaporation at high fields: Loss vs Field Cooling efficiency vs Field Cs aa Scattering length, s+d+g basis 1.1 Scattering length (a 0 ) Normalised atom number Magnetic field (G) Magnetic field (G) Temperature (µk) Magnetic field (G) unitarity limit Few-Body Syst ( : )

46 Toward Dual BEC 1) The calculated polarisabilities in atomic unit are ~ 572 a0 3 for 133 Cs and ~ 425 a0 3 for Rb at 1550 nm. Phys. Rev. A, 73, , ) A strong interspecies loss after loading into the levitated dipole trap. -τcs= 0.8(1) s, τrb= 4(1) & 70(10) s. -τrb= 0.9(2) s, τcs= 2(1) & 10(3) s. lower 3 body loss by reduce the peak density - change to a larger beam waist - decompress trap Immiscible quantum degenerate mixture: the relative strength of the atomic interactions = g RbCs g Rb g Cs > 1,g ij =2 2 a ij ( m i + m j ) m i m j Phys.Rev. A, 65, , 2002 Ṅ N = L n2,l 3 = n l C m a 4 Rb-> 133 Cs-> Rb In our case, B = 22.4 G, arb = 100a0 and acs = 280a0, the observation of immiscibility require arbcs > 165a0. arbcs = 650a0 (J. Hutson, private communication 2011) 133 Cs 133 Cs Rb Phys. Rev. A (R) (2011)

47 RbCs Feshbach Resonance Preliminary Data RbCs Feshbach resonances

48 RbCs Feshbach Resonance Preliminary Data RbCs Feshbach resonances

49 RbCs Feshbach Resonance Preliminary Data RbCs Feshbach resonances Peak densities of Rb and 133 Cs are 1.6(1) x cm -3 and 3.1(4) x cm -3. The mixture contains 3.0(3) x 10 5 Rb and 2.6(4) x Cs at 0.32(1) µk - the temperature is well below the p-wave threshold (kb x 56 µk based upon C6, Phys. Revs A 59, 390, 1999) - The presented Feshbach spectrum near 180 G is measured by evolving the mixture at a specific homogeneous magnetic field for 5 sec and each data point corresponds to an average of 3-5 measurements.

50 RbCs Feshbach Resonance Preliminary Data RbCs Feshbach resonances Position: (2) G Width: 0.45(7) G Theor. pos.: G Position: (4) G Width: 0.09(1) G Theor. pos.: G Theor. pos.: Zero crossing: Pole: G G J. Hutson, private communication (2011)

51 RbCs Feshbach Resonance RbCs Feshbach resonances Theor. pos.: Zero crossing: Pole: G G Innsbruck Durham J. Hutson, private communication (2011) Phys. Rev. A (2009)

52 RbCs Feshbach Resonance RbCs Feshbach resonances Theor. pos.: Zero crossing: Pole: G G Innsbruck Durham Cs aa Scattering length, s+d+g basis 5000 Scattering length (a 0 ) J. Hutson, private communication (2011) Magnetic field (G) Phys. Rev. A (2009)

53 Outline Bose-Einstein condensations (BECs) - Rb BEC in a combined magnetic and optical trap Cs BEC in a crossed dipole trap - A quantum degenerate Bose mixture of Rb and 133 Cs Feshbach molecules - The formation background and method - Rb 133 Cs Feshbach resonance measurement Stimulate Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP) - a two-photon scheme transfers the Feshbach molecules into the rovibronic ground state Summary

54 Stimulate Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP) Rb: 5P 3/2 Cs: 6S 1/2 5P 1/2 6S 1/2 B 1 Π 5S 1/2 6P 3/2 5S 1/2 6P 1/2 c 3 Σ + Magneto-association Stimulated Raman Adiabatic Passage ~1569nm Feshbach Molecule Free Atoms a 3 Σ + ~980nm 5S 1/2 6S 1/2 X 1 Σ + Deeply Bound Molecule W. C. Stwalley Eur. Phys. J. D 31, 221 (2004) Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys (2011)

55 Stimulate Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP) Rb: Cs: Piezo Zerodur spacer 5P3/2 6S1/2 5P1/2 6S1/2 5S1/2 6P3/2 5S1/2 6P1/2 B1Π Mirrors (99.91 % reflectivity) c3σ+ Magneto-association Stainless steel mount Stimulated Raman Adiabatic Passage ~1569nm Free Atoms Feshbach Molecule a3σ+ 5S1/2 6S1/2 ~980nm X1Σ+ Deeply Bound Molecule FWHM: 270 khz FSR: 750 MHz Finesse: ~ 3000 W. C. Stwalley Eur. Phys. J. D 31, 221 (2004) Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys (2011)

56 Summary Bose-Einstein condensations (BECs) Rb BEC in a combined magnetic and optical trap 133 Cs BEC in a crossed dipole trap A quantum degenerate Bose mixture of Rb and 133 Cs Feshbach molecules The formation background and method Rb 133 Cs Feshbach resonance measurement Rubidium Caesium Stimulate Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP) a two-photon scheme transfers the Feshbach molecules into the rovibronic ground state (1) 3 Π Magneto-association Stimulated Raman Adiabatic Passage ~1569nm Feshbach Molecule Free Atoms a 3 Σ + 6S 1/2 ~980nm X 1 Σ + Deeply Bound Molecule

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