Molecules and Cooper pairs in Ultracold Gases Krynica 2005

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Molecules and Cooper pairs in Ultracold Gases Krynica 2005. Krzysztof G ó ral Marzena Szymanska Thorsten K ö hler Joshua Milstein K eith Burnett. Outline. 1. History 2. Feshbach Resonances 3. Atom-Molecule Coherences 4. BEC Molecules to BCS Pairs 5. Molecular Projection - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Molecules and Cooper pairs in Ultracold Gases

Krynica 2005

Krzysztof Góral Marzena Szymanska

Thorsten KöhlerJoshua MilsteinKeith Burnett

Outline

1. History

2. Feshbach Resonances

3. Atom-Molecule Coherences

4. BEC Molecules to BCS Pairs

5. Molecular Projection

6. Future work

THE WASHINGTON POST FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1995

31 new BECs reported

MoleculeOf theYear

The Bose-Einstein Condensate

FermionsBosons

Bose-Einstein Condensation

QuantumDegenerate

Hule

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l . (2003)

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Molecular Condensation&

Fermionic Superfluidity

Jin e

t al. (2

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4)

Repulsive Interactions Molecular

bound states

Attractive InteractionsMany-body

paired states

Physics Programme Spend : 2035-2036

ELVIS IMPERSONATION0.9%

Quantum Computing4.8%

PIZZA DELIVERY0.7%

BOOZE11.8%

TRAVEL1.4%

SQUANDERED0.2%

BEC80.1%

Physics Programme Spend : 2035-2036

ELVIS IMPERSONATION0.9%

Quantum Computing4.8%

PIZZA DELIVERY0.7%

BOOZE11.8%

TRAVEL1.4%

SQUANDERED0.2%

BEC-BCS80.1%

Jin e

t al. (2

00

4)

Molecular Condensation&

Fermionic Superfluidity

Jin e

t al. (2

00

4)

Repulsive Interactions Molecular

bound states

Attractive InteractionsMany-body

paired states

Tuneable Interactions

as>0

as<0

s-wave

as>0, repulsive2-body bound

states

as<0, attractive

Feshbach resonances

22

2 2( ) ( )B BH B bg bg cl cl V Bm

2 ( ) ( ) ( )B bgV B bg V r bg bg W r cl

( ) ( , )clcl W r bg cl V B r cl

22 ( ) ( )cl res res resV B E B

m

Single resonance state approximation

Formal Feshbach Result

Entrance channel dominated resonance

Feshbach molecules can be huge!

Molecular binding energies85Rb

* N.R. Claussen et al., Phys. Rev. A 67, 060701 (2003); S. Kokkelmans, private communication.

Ramsey interferometry

Ramsey Interferometer

Ramsey fringes

The NLSE Gross-Pitaevskii Equation

Collective modesSuperfluidityVortex formationNon-linear Atomic Optics

Microscopic quantum dynamics method

0

22

* 2

( , ) ( ) ( , )2

( , ) ( , ) ( , )

trap

t

i t V tt m

t d h t

x x x

x x

Non-Markovian non-linear Schrödinger equation

32 2( , ) (2 ) ( ) 0, ( ) ( , ) 0,B Bh t t bg V t U t bg

0,bg Zero momentum plane wave of the relative motion of two atoms in the entrance channel

Simulation Results For molecular Condensate

DecayingOscillations

Oscillation frequency

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4)

Molecular Condensation&

Fermionic Superfluidity

Jin e

t al. (2

00

4)

Repulsive Interactions Molecular

bound states

Attractive InteractionsMany-body

paired states

“BCS-Superfluid”Overlapping Pairs

Edge of Fermi Surface

Spatial

k+q

-k+q

-k’+q’

k’+q’

k

-k-k

k

q q’

q’’

Momentum

“Crossover Regime”Clusters

Smeared Fermi Surface

“Crossover Regime”Clusters

Smeared Fermi Surface

“BEC-Superfluid”Distinct Pairs

No Fermi Surface

BCS-BEC in K

Gap Equations for BCS-BEC

1) Single channel system works fine close to resonance.Two channel works over wider range. 2) Mean-Field Theory Solution

BCS-BEC in K

BCS-BEC in K

BCS-BEC in K

BCS-BEC in K

BCS-BEC in K

Condensate BCS-BEC in K

Overlap zero at around half a Gauss above

resonance

BCS-BEC in K

“BCS-Superfluid”Overlapping Pairs

Edge of Fermi Surface

Spatial

k+q

-k+q

-k’+q’

k’+q’

k

-k-k

k

q q’

q’’

Momentum

“Crossover Regime”Clusters

Smeared Fermi Surface

“Crossover Regime”Clusters

Smeared Fermi Surface

“BEC-Superfluid”Distinct Pairs

No Fermi Surface

Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum Cluster Model

Dynamics/Thermodynamics of Small Clusters

Variational Approach: Gaussian Wavepackets

Non-interacting

Four independent particles

Four independent particles

Discrete, bound pairsDiscrete, bound pairs

BEC LimitBEC Limit

BCS-Limit

Spatially overlapSpatially overlap

Intermediate Limit

Bound pairsDistinctly fermions

Bound pairsDistinctly fermions

Acknowledgments

The Royal Society and Wolfson Foundation

EPSRC

EU Cold Quantum Gases Network

EC Marie Curie Fellowships

Summary

1.New era of strong correlation studies

2.Dynamical aspects are crucial

3.Much theory to be done.

THE WASHINGTON POST FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1995

31 new BECs reported

MoleculeOf theYear

The Bose-Einstein Condensate