Double Species Bose-Einstein Condensate with Tunable Interspecies Interactions

G. Thalhammer, G. Barontini, L. De Sarlo, J. Catani, F. Minardi, and M. Inguscio
Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 210402 – Published 29 May 2008

Abstract

We produce Bose-Einstein condensates of two different species, Rb87 and K41, in an optical dipole trap in proximity of interspecies Feshbach resonances. We discover and characterize two Feshbach resonances, located around 35 and 79 G, by observing the three-body losses and the elastic cross section. The narrower resonance is exploited to create a double species condensate with tunable interactions. Our system opens the way to the exploration of double species Mott insulators and, more in general, of the quantum phase diagram of the two-species Bose-Hubbard model.

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  • Received 18 March 2008

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.210402

©2008 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

G. Thalhammer1, G. Barontini1, L. De Sarlo1,*, J. Catani1,2,3, F. Minardi1,2,3, and M. Inguscio1,2,3

  • 1LENS - European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Firenze, via N. Carrara 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino - Firenze, Italy
  • 2CNR-INFM, via G. Sansone 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino - Firenze, Italy
  • 3INFN, via G. Sansone 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino - Firenze, Italy

  • *Current address: Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, UPMC-Paris 6, CNRS, 24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris, France.

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Vol. 100, Iss. 21 — 30 May 2008

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