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Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 030401 (2006) [4 pages]

Molecules of Fermionic Atoms in an Optical Lattice

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Thilo Stöferle, Henning Moritz, Kenneth Günter, Michael Köhl, and Tilman Esslinger
Institute of Quantum Electronics, ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland

Received 8 September 2005; published 23 January 2006

Wecreate molecules from fermionic atoms in a three-dimensional optical latticeusing a Feshbach resonance. In the limit of low tunneling,the individual wells can be regarded as independent three-dimensional harmonicoscillators. The measured binding energies for varying scattering length agreeexcellently with the theoretical prediction for two interacting atoms ina harmonic oscillator. We demonstrate that the formation of moleculescan be used to measure the occupancy of the latticeand perform thermometry.

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URL:	http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.030401
DOI:	10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.030401
PACS:	03.75.Ss; 05.30.Fk; 34.50.-s; 71.10.Fd 03.75.Ss Degenerate Fermi gases 05.30.Fk Fermion systems and electron gas (quantum statistical mechanics) 34.50.-s Scattering of atoms and molecules 71.10.Fd Lattice fermion models (condensed matter) including Hubbard model, etc YEAR: 2006
KEYWORDS:	binding energy, fermion systems, resonant states, harmonic oscillators, thermometers

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