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We study the quantum conversion from light to ultracold triatomic molecules by using a quantized photoassociation light. Our results show that molecular matter-wave squeezing can be obtained for both homo- and hetero-nuclear trimers and are also compared with the previously studied case of creating dimers. This provides a possible method for quantum control of ultracold complex objects.
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Jing, H., Kong, J. & Deng, Y. Squeezing molecular matter waves with a squeezed associating light. Eur. Phys. J. D 55, 167–171 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2009-00219-1
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