2003/10/22 by Chris P. Search, Weiping Zhang, Pierre Meystre · 1 citation
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic and Molecular Physics #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Quantum Information and Cryptography #cond-mat.stat-mech
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.92.140401
arxiv created 2003/10/22 · openalex publication_date 2004/04/06 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We discuss the possibility of inhibiting three-body recombination in atomic Bose-Einstein condensates via the application of resonant 2pi laser pulses. These pulses result in the periodic change in the phase of the molecular state by pi, which leads to destructive interference between the decay amplitudes following successive pulses. We show that the decay rate can be reduced by several orders of magnitude under realistic conditions.