Physical Review A
Formation of N -body polymer molecules through generalized stimulated Raman adiabatic passage
Fu-Quan Dou, Libin Fu, Jie Liu
Abstract
We investigate the creation of stable homonuclear and heteronuclear $N$-body polymer molecules from ultracold atoms via a generalized stimulated Raman adiabatic passage scheme. The atom-molecule dark-state solutions for the system are obtained and are found to satisfy universal algebraic equations. We discuss the linear instability and the adiabatic fidelity of the dark state. We also explore the effects of the interparticle interactions, the atomic number of the polymer, and external field parameters on the conversion process.