Collisional stability of localized Yb(3P2) atoms immersed in a Fermi sea of Li

We establish an experimental method for a detailed investigation of inelastic collisional properties between ytterbium (Yb) in the metastable ${}^{3}{{\rm{P}}}_{2}$ state and ground state lithium (Li). By combining an optical lattice and a direct excitation to the ${}^{3}{{\rm{P}}}_{2}$ state we ach...

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Published in:	New Journal of Physics
Main Authors:	Hideki Konishi, Florian Schäfer, Shinya Ueda, Yoshiro Takahashi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2016-01-01
Subjects:	quantum degenerate atomic mixtures metastable state inelastic collisions 34.50.-s 67.85.-d
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/18/10/103009