Efficient creation of molecules from a cesium Bose-Einstein condensate
Efficient creation of molecules from a cesium Bose-Einstein condensate
We report a new scheme to create weakly bound Cs2 molecules from an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate. The method is based on switching the magnetic field to a narrow Feshbach resonance and yields a high atom-molecule conversion efficiency of more than 30%, a factor of three higher than obtained with conventional …