Raman photoassociation of Bose-Fermi mixtures and the subsequent prospects for atom-molecule Cooper pairing

Matt Mackie, Olavi Dannenberg, Jyrki Piilo, Kalle-Antti Suominen, Juha Javanainen
2004 Physical Review A. Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics  
We theoretically investigate Raman photoassociation of a degenerate Bose-Fermi mixture of atoms and the subsequent prospect for anomalous (Cooper) pairing between atoms and molecules. Stable fermionic molecules are created via free-bound-bound stimulated Raman adiabatic passage which, in contrast to purely bosonic systems, can occur in spite of collisions. With the leftover atomic condensate to enhance intrafermion interactions, the superfluid transition to atom-molecule Cooper pairs occurs at
more » ... temperature that is roughly an order of magnitude below what is currently feasible.
doi:10.1103/physreva.69.053614 fatcat:eloqlkc57bgndi34za6pvkc7z4