Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 090403 (2002) [4 pages]Rate Limit for Photoassociation of a Bose-Einstein CondensateReceived 21 August 2001; published 13 February 2002 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 ρ and mass m, the limit is approximately 6ħρ2/3/m. © 2002 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.090403
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.090403
PACS:
03.75.Fi, 03.65.Nk
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