Bose polarons in a homogeneous 3D Bose-Einstein condensate

ORAL

Abstract

We study Bose polarons in a homogeneous Bose-Einstein condensate, from weak to strong impurity-boson interactions. Our uniform 39K condensate is produced in an optical-box trap, the polarons are formed using rf-injection between spin states, and the impurity-boson interactions are tuned via an interstate magnetic Feshbach resonance. We measure the polaron energy and spectral response across the resonance, observing reduced inhomogeneous broadening compared to previous harmonic-trap experiments. We also explore the effects of condensate density and impurity concentration.

Presenters

  • Christoph Eigen

    • University of Cambridge

Authors

  • Jiri Etrych

    • University of Cambridge
  • Alec J Cao

    • Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
    • University of Cambridge
  • Gevorg Martirosyan

    • University of Cambridge
  • Lena Dogra

    • University of Cambridge
  • Zoran Hadzibabic

    • Univ of Cambridge
  • Christoph Eigen

    • University of Cambridge