Coherent quantum state transfer in ultra-cold chemistry

Creation and manipulation of cold molecules from atomic Bose–Einstein condensate has opened up a new dimension to study chemical reactions at ultra-cold temperature, known as ‘superchemistry,’ which is extremely useful for the quantum control of matter wave reaction at ultra-cold temperature. Here,...

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Veröffentlicht in:The European physical journal. D, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics Atomic, molecular, and optical physics, 2022-09, Vol.76 (9), Article 174
Hauptverfasser: Modak, Subhrajit, Das, Priyam, Panigrahi, Prasanta K.
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Zusammenfassung:Creation and manipulation of cold molecules from atomic Bose–Einstein condensate has opened up a new dimension to study chemical reactions at ultra-cold temperature, known as ‘superchemistry,’ which is extremely useful for the quantum control of matter wave reaction at ultra-cold temperature. Here, a coherent quantum state transfer of atomic to molecular condensate is demonstrated, mediated by solitonic excitation in the mean-field geometry. It is observed that the induced photoassociation is found to control the velocity of these excitations, which in turn controls the chemical reaction fronts. Cooperative many-body effects of photoassociation on Lieb mode have also been studied through molecular dispersion, revealing degeneracy and bistable behavior. Furthermore, it is observed that the photoassociation-induced molecular energy shows oscillatory behavior, analogous to the classical reaction process. Graphical abstract
ISSN:1434-6060
1434-6079
DOI:10.1140/epjd/s10053-022-00503-6