Raman photoassociation of Bose-Fermi mixtures and the subsequent prospects for atom-molecule Cooper pairing



: Mackie M, Dannenberg O, Piilo J, Suominen KA, Javanainen J

Publisher: AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC

: 2004

: Physical Review A

: PHYSICAL REVIEW A

: PHYS REV A

: ARTN 053614

: 69

: 5

: 4

: 1050-2947

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.69.053614


We theoretically investigate Raman photoassociation of a degenerate Bose-Fermi mixture of atoms and the subsequent prospect for anomalous (Cooper) pairing between atoms and molecules. Stable fermionic molecules are created via free-bound-bound stimulated Raman adiabatic passage which, in contrast to purely bosonic systems, can occur in spite of collisions. With the leftover atomic condensate to enhance intrafermion interactions, the superfluid transition to atom-molecule Cooper pairs occurs at a temperature that is roughly an order of magnitude below what is currently feasible.



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