Photoassociation of a Bose-Einstein Condensate near a Feshbach Resonance
Abstract
We measure the effect of a magnetic Feshbach resonance (FR) on the rate and light-induced frequency shift of a photoassociation resonance in ultracold 7Li. The photoassociation-induced loss rate coefficient, Kp, depends strongly on magnetic field, varying by more than a factor of 104 for fields near the FR. At sufficiently high laser intensities, Kp for a thermal gas decreases with increasing intensity, while saturation is observed for the first time in a Bose-Einstein condensate. The frequency shift is also strongly field-dependent and exhibits an anomalous blue-shift for fields just below the FR.
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