Characterization of Feshbach resonances in $^6\mathrm{Li}{-}^7\mathrm{Li}$ using improved interaction potentials

Abstract

We characterize Feshbach resonances in all isotopologues of the $\mathrm{Li}{-}\mathrm{Li}$ system with improved interaction potentials. Starting from spectroscopically accurate Morse/long-range (MLR) potential-energy curves for the singlet ($X^{1}Σ^{+}$) and triplet ($a^{3}Σ^{+}$) electronic states of $\mathrm{Li}_2$, we apply small phenomenological inner-wall adjustments (following Julienne and Hutson, Phys. Rev. A 89, 052715 (2014), arXiv:1404.2623v3) and fit the resulting potentials to threshold measurements for the $^{6}\mathrm{Li}{-}^{6}\mathrm{Li}$ and $^{7}\mathrm{Li}{-}^{7}\mathrm{Li}$ isotopologues, including binding energies, scattering lengths, and Feshbach resonance positions. Using the optimized potentials in coupled-channels scattering calculations, we predict and characterize s-wave Feshbach resonances in the $^{6}\mathrm{Li}{-}^{7}\mathrm{Li}$ isotopologue. In its lowest-energy hyperfine channel, all resonances are narrow ($\sim 0.01{-}0.1$ G), strongly closed-channel dominated, and predominantly triplet in electronic spin character, in marked contrast to the homonuclear systems. These results provide a foundation for designing Raman optical-transfer pathways to produce ultracold $\mathrm{Li}_2$ molecules in deeply bound rovibrational levels of both the $X^1Σ^{+}$ and $a^3Σ^{+}$ potentials across all three isotopologues.