We investigate three-body recombination loss across a Feshbach resonance in a gas of ultracold 7 Li atoms prepared in the absolute ground state and perform a comparison with previously reported results of a different nuclear-spin state [N. Gross et.al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 103 163202, (2009)]. We extend the previously reported universality in three-body recombination loss across a Feshbach resonance to the absolute ground state. We show that the positions and widths of recombination minima and Efimov resonances are identical for both states which indicates that the short-range physics is nuclear-spin independent.
We develop an experimental technique for rf association of Efimov trimers from a three-atom continuum. We apply it to probe the lowest accessible Efimov energy level in bosonic lithium in the region where strong deviations from the universal behavior are expected, and provide a quantitative study of this effect. The position of the Efimov resonance at the atom-dimer threshold, measured using a different experimental technique, concurs with the rf association results.
Efimov physics in two nuclear-spin sublevels of bosonic lithium is studied
and it is shown that the positions and widths of recombination minima and
Efimov resonances are identical for both states within the experimental errors
which indicates that the short-range physics is nuclear-spin independent. We
also find that the Efimov features are universally related across Feshbach
resonances. These results crucially depend on careful mapping between the
scattering length and the applied magnetic field which we achieve by
characterization of the two broad Feshbach resonances in the different states
by means of rf-spectroscopy of weakly bound molecules. By fitting the binding
energies numerically with a coupled channels calculation we precisely determine
the absolute positions of the Feshbach resonances and the values of the singlet
and triplet scattering lengths.Comment: 15 pages, 7 figure
The dynamics of two mutually coupled chaotic diode lasers are investigated experimentally and numerically. By adding self-feedback to each laser, stable isochronal synchronization is established. This stability, which can be achieved for symmetric operation, is essential for constructing an optical public-channel cryptographic system. The experimental results on diode lasers are well described by rate equations of coupled single mode lasers.
Two mutually coupled chaotic diode lasers exhibit stable isochronal synchronization in the presence of self feedback. When the mutual communication between the lasers is discontinued by a shutter and the two uncoupled lasers are subject to self-feedback only, the desynchronization time is found to scale as A d τ where A d > 1 and τ corresponds to the optical distance between the lasers. Prior to synchronization, when the two lasers are uncorrelated and the shutter between them is opened, the synchronization time is found to be much shorter, though still proportional to τ . As a consequence of these results, the synchronization is not significantly altered if the shutter is opend/closed faster than the desynchronization time. Experiments in which the coupling between two chaotic-synchronized diode lasers is modulated with an electro-optic shutter are found to be consistent with the results of numerical simulations.PACS numbers: 05.45. Vx, 42.65.Sf, 42.55.Px Chaotic systems are characterized by an irregular motion which is sensitive to initial conditions and tiny perturbations. Nevertheless, two chaotic systems can synchronize their irregular motion when they are coupled [1]. When the coupling is switched off, any tiny perturbation drives the two trajectories apart. The separation is exponentially fast, and it is described by the largest Lyapunov exponents of a single system.In this Letter we show that the trajectory dynamics of coupled chaotic systems which also poses time-delayed self-feedback, is different. In a system with self-feedback, which has also been investigated in the context of secure communication with chaotic lasers [2], the time scale for the separation of the trajectories is found to be much longer than the coupling time. On the other hand, when the coupling is switched on, resynchronization occurs on a faster time scale. We investigate this phenomenon numerically and show first experiments which support our numerical simulations. The demonstrated difference between de-and re-synchronization can be used to improve the security of public-channel communication with chaotic lasers [2].Semiconductor (diode) lasers subjected to delayed optical feedback are known to displays chaotic oscillations. Two coupled semiconductor lasers exhibit chaos synchronization. Different coupling setups such as unidirectional or mutual coupling and variations of the strength of the self and coupling feedback result in different synchronization states: the two lasers can synchronize in a leaderlaggard or anticipated mode [3,4], as well as in two different synchronization states; achronal synchronization in which the lasers assume a fluctuating leading role, or isochronal synchronization where there is no time delay between the two lasers' chaotic signals [2,5,6,7,8].In this Letter we focus on a symmetric setup, the time delay between the lasers is denoted by τ c and the time delay of the self-feedback is denoted by τ d . In the event of τ c = τ d = τ and for a wide range of the mutual coupling strength, σ, and the stre...
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