Dimer Photodissociation in the Presence of a Degenerate Fermi Gas

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Abstract

We explore the effects of the presence of a degenerate Fermi gas on the photodissociation spectrum of a weakly bound dimer. For a dimer made up of fermionic atoms identical to those in the Fermi gas, Pauli-blocking effects reduce the available decay states for the dimer. This can lead to a narrowing of the width of the dimer photodissociation spectrum. We calculate such dissociation spectra and discuss applications to current experiments.

*Work supported by the NSF.

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Authors

  • Josh W. Dunn

  • Chris H. Greene

    • Department of Physics and JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder
    • Department of Physics and JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
    • University of Colorado and JILA
    • Department of Physics and JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0440
    • JILA and Department of Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder
    • Department of Physics and JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0440, USA