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arXiv:1909.09831 · Physical Review A

Observation of dipolar splittings in high-resolution atom-loss spectroscopy of Li6 p -wave Feshbach resonances

Manuel Gerken, Binh Tran, Stephan Häfner, E. Tiemann, Bing Zhu, Matthias Weidemüller

Published Nov 11, 2019• 28 citations
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Abstract

We report on the observation of dipolar splitting in $^{6}\mathrm{Li}\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}}p$-wave Feshbach resonances by high-resolution atom-loss spectroscopy. The Feshbach resonances at 159, 185, and $215\phantom{\rule{0.28em}{0ex}}\mathrm{G}$ exhibit a doublet structure of 10, 6, and $13\phantom{\rule{0.28em}{0ex}}\mathrm{mG}$, respectively, associated with different projections of the orbital angular momentum. The observed splittings agree well with coupled-channel calculations. We map out the temperature dependence of the atom-loss spectrum and extrapolate resonance positions as well as the corresponding widths to zero temperature. The observed dipolar splitting in fermionic lithium might be useful for the realization of the quantum phase transition between the polar and axial $p$-wave superfluid phases.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.100.050701

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