cold atomic and molecular collisions 1. basics 2. feshbach resonances 3. photoassociation paul s....
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Cold Atomic and Molecular Collisions1. Basics2. Feshbach resonances3. Photoassociation
Paul S. Julienne
Quantum Processes and Metrology GroupAtomic Physics Division
NIST
ICAP Summer School 2006University of Innsbruck
And many others, especiallyEite Tiesinga, Carl Williams, Pascal Naidon (NIST),
Thorsten Köhler (Oxford), Bo Gao (Toledo), Roman Ciurylo (Torun)
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Some resources
Jones et al, Rev. Mod. Phys. 78, 483 (2006) van der Waals properties + PA review
Julienne and Mies, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 6, 2257 (1989) WKB/quantum connections and threshold laws
Burnett et al, Nature 416, 225 (2002) “box”interpretation of A + simple review of cold collisions
Kohler, Goral, Julienne, cond-mat/0601429 (in press, Rev. Mod. Phys.)Production of cold molecules via magnetically tunable Feshbach resonances
In progress, Chin, Grimm, Tiesinga, Julienne, Rev. Mod. Phys.Feshbach resonances in ultracold gases(look at preprint server by end of 2006)
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“Size” of potential V(R)
Rvdw(a0) Evdw(mK) (MHz) 6Li 31 29 614 40K 65 1.0 21 85Rb 83 0.35 7.3 133Cs 101 0.13 2.7
Gribakin and Flambaum, Phys. Rev. A 48, 546 (1993)
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Noninteracting atoms
Interacting atoms
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Data: Bartenstein et al.,PRL 94, 103201 (2005)
834.1(1.5) G
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Gao, Phys. Rev. A 62, 050702 (2000); Figure from E. Tiesinga
Bound states from van der Waals theory
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Inelastic collisions
F=2, M=-2
F=3
-1012
For example:
(2,-2)+(2,-2) -->(2,-2)+(2,-1)-->(2,-2)+(2,0)-->(2,-1)+(2,-1)
Probability
because
For s-waves, let
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Inelastic collisions
Scattering amplitudes T’ expressed in terms of the elements of the unitary S-matrix S’ = ’ - T’
Final channel:
Scattering channels
Initial channel:
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If only a single channel, S= e2i➞ e-2ika as k ➞ 0
If inelastic channels ’≠ exist, unitarity ensures
Thus,
Inelastic collisions continued
Complex scattering length a-ib
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How do we get the S-matrix, or bound states?
Coupled channels expansion:
Solve matrix Schrödinger equation
Extract S from solution at large R >> RvdW
Potential matrix V’(R)
conserved
Electronic (Born-Oppenheimer) V(R) does not change
Small spin-dependent potential changes
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s-wave Threshold Collisions Summary
Elastic collisions ➞ constant, K ➞ v = 4a2+b2)
Inelastic collisions ➞ 1/v, K ~ constant K = (4h/m)b
Cross section cm2
Rate coefficient K = < v> cm3/s
Complex scattering length a - ib
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How fast are (inelastic s-wave) cold collisions?
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K =h
m4B = (8 ×10−11cm3 /s)
B(a0)
m(amu)
Typical strong event (B ~ x0): 10-10 cm3/s, MOT or BEC
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dndt
= −2Kn2 = −1τn where
1τ
= 2Kn
In a MOT: ~ 0.1 to 1 sIn a BEC (use K/2): ~ 10 to 100 s
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1
τ= 2Kn = n
h
m8B = n(1.6 ×10−10cm3 /s)
B(a0)
m(amu)
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How fast are inelastic cold collisions (Maxwell-Boltzmann)?
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1
τ= 2Kn = 2 (nΛT
3 )kBT
hf
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dndt
= −2Kn2 = −1τn where
1τ
= 2Kn
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1
QT= ΛT
3 =h
2πμkBT
⎛
⎝ ⎜
⎞
⎠ ⎟
3
2
where
QT = translational partition function
T = thermal de Broglie wavelength
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K =1QT
kBT
h(2l +1) | S(E) |2
l∑
l=0 only
Probability |S|2 < 1Dynamical factor
PhaseSpacedensity
Upperbound
Dynamics
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An Optical Lattice
Laser 1 Laser 2
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1 Atom per cell Control
2 Atoms per cell 2-body levels, dynamics
3 Atoms per cell 3-body levels, dynamics
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Two atoms in a trap
3D spherically symmetric harmonic trap: ω=2ν
2- :body potential( )V r
Separate the center of mass and relative motion
⎡⎣⎢−
2
2(2m)∇R2 +
1
2(2m)ω 2R2 ⎤
⎦⎥Ψcm
(R ) = EcmΨcm(R )h
2⎡
Centerof mass
−2( )μ
∇r2 +
1
2μ( )ω 2r 2
⎣⎢⎤
⎦⎥Ψ(r) = EΨ(r )V(r)+Relative
Veff(r)
h
Scale size of trap:
d=ωh
V(r)Scale size of
x0
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0 v=0v=-1
12
v=-2
3
R6C6-
1
2 ω 2r 2
3
< 5 nm
De > 1012 Hz
Schematic(not to scale)
d
0 10000 20000
Ψ( )R
(Internuclear separation R a0)
1mSee below
( )a
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D. Blume and Chris H. Greene, Phys. Rev. A 65, 043613 (2002)E. L. Bolda, E. Tiesinga, and P. S. Julienne, Phys. Rev. A 66, 013403 (2002)
Na F=1,M=+1 Energy levels in a
1 MHz harmonic trap(Bolda et al., 2002)
Points: numerical coupled channelsSolid Line: pseudopotential
E-dependent pseudopotential
a(En) from scattteringcalculation of (En)
Energy-dependentpseudopotential for trap level En:
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• What is a scattering resonance?
• Basic properties of threshold resonance scattering and bound
states
• Halo molecules
• Simple parameterization by 5 key parameters:
• abg (background scattering length), C6 (van der Waals coefficient), m
(mass)
• (width), (magnetic moment difference)
• Basic molecular physics of alkali atom resonances
• Illustration of typical resonances: 6Li, 85Rb, 87Rb, 40K, Cs
• Resonance dynamics—making and dissociating molecules
• Resonances in traps
Feshbach resonances and Feshbach molecules
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Some examples of Feshbach resonances
E. Tiesinga et al., Phys. Rev. A 47, 4114 (1993)
Cesium theory
background
S. Inouye et al Nature 392, 141 (1998)
Sodium BEC
Magnetic field (Gauss)900 910
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An example for E➞ 0
Cornish, Claussen, Roberts, Cornell, Wieman, Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1795 (2000)
85Rb BEC (below 15 nK)
162.3 G
157.2 G
165.2 G
158.4 G
156.4 G
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Greiner, M., C. A. Regal, and D. S. Jin, 2003, Nature (London) 426, 537.
Thermal (250 nK)
Making 40K2 molecules
BEC (79 nK)
Tunable scattering resonances used for
Herbig, J., T. Kraemer, M. Mark, T. Weber, C. Chin, H.-C. Nagerl, and R. Grimm, 2003, Science 301, 1510.
133Cs atom cloud
133Cs2 molecule cloud
Making 133Cs2 molecules
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Long history of resonance scattering
O. K. Rice, J. Chem. Phys. 1, 375 (1933)
U. Fano, Nuovo Cimento 12, 154 (1935)
J. M. Blatt and V. F. Weisskopf, Theoretical Nuclear Physics (1952)
H. Feshbach, Ann. Phys. (NY) 5, 357 (1958); 19, 287 (1962)
U. Fano, Phys. Rev. 124, 1866 (1961)
Separation of system into:An (approximate) bound stateA scattering continuumwith some coupling between them
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Resonant Scattering Picture(U. Fano, Phys. Rev. 124, 1866 (1961))
V
Bound state Continuum
Open channel(Background)
Closed channel(Resonance)
shift
width
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Energy levels of the Na2 dimer just below the a+a threshold
a+a = 1,1 + 1,1
m=+2 l=0 states
Eaa
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A Na example
From Mies, Tiesinga, Julienne, Phys. Rev. A 61, 022721 (2000)
Near 900 G(3 B values)
Near 861 G
4sin2 (E)
(E) = bg(E) + res(E)
915G 920G 930G
Background bg(E)
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Threshold Resonant Scattering
V
E=0
Shifted
As E ➞ 0
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Basic resonance parameters
abg “background” scattering lengthB0 singularity in a(B) resonance widthmagnetic moment difference
For E --> 0 limit
For finite E and bound states
Effect of interatomic potentialespecially van der Waals -C6/R6
abg relative to
E relative to Evdw
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Example 87Rb f=1, m=+1Durr, Voltz, Marte, Rempe, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 020406 (2004)
Atom cloudin trap
Atoms Molecules
Stern-Gerlach separation of
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From Durr, Voltz, Marte, Rempe, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 020406 (2004)
Schematic
Magnetic moment
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87Rb + 87Rb
30 THz
10 GHz
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87Rb Zeeman substructure
B/h = 1.4 MHz/G
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a+a
E(a+a)
87Rb + 87Rb
Bound stateswith m=2
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Cindy Regal, Marcus Greiner, Deborah JinNIST Boulder
Ultracold 40K atoms, F=9/2,M=-9/2 and F=9/2,M=-7/2
BEC of moleculesNature 426, 537 (2003)
“Fermionic condensate” of paired atomsPhys. Rev. Lett. 92, 040403 (2004)
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Bn
E/h (MHz)
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1
0
sin2bg(E,B)
0
20
40
-20
-40160 200 240
B (Gauss)
40K a+b
E-1
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E/h (MHz)
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1
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sin2(E,B)
E-1(B)
0
20
40
-20
-40160 200 240
B (Gauss)
40K a+b
B0 BnE-1
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