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    Photoassociation in a quantum degenerate gas of lithium-7

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    Junker, Mark
    Date
    2005
    Advisor
    Hulet, Randall G.
    Degree
    Master of Arts
    Abstract
    An experiment studying the effects of photoassociation in a quantum degenerate gas of 7Li bosons has been performed in a permanent magnet trap. A saturation in the one-photon photoassociation rate and a shift in the resonance due to the applied light field from the 2S 1/2 ground state to the 2P1/2 v ' = 83 excited molecular vibrational state have been measured and compared with theory. Limitations in the ability of the permanent magnet apparatus to study photoassociation in a Bose-Einstein condensate have prompted the development of a magneto-optical trap and an electro-magnetic trap. These new traps will assist in the process of creating a large BEC where the effects of photoassociation will be studied.
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    Atomic physics
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    Junker, Mark. "Photoassociation in a quantum degenerate gas of lithium-7." (2005) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17791.
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