Atom-Molecule Laser Fed by Stimulated Three-Body Recombination

Bogdan Borca, Josh W. Dunn, V. Kokoouline, and Chris H. Greene

Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 070404 – Published 15 August 2003

Abstract

Using three-body recombination as the underlying process, we propose a method of coherently driving an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) into a molecular BEC. Superradiantlike stimulation favors atom-to-molecule transitions when two atomic BECs collide at a resonant kinetic energy, the result being two molecular BEC clouds moving with well-defined velocities. Potential applications include the construction of a molecule laser.