  We theoretically examine photoassociation of a two-component Fermi degenerate
gas, focusing on light-induced atom-atom interactions as a means to raise the
critical temperature of the BCS transition to a superfluid state. As it stands,
photoassociation-induced superfluidity is limited by spontaneous decay to
experimentally inconvenient light intensities [Mackie et al., Opt. Express 8,
118 (2000)]. We therefore propose to use coherent control in photoassociation
to a pair of molecular levels to cancel spontaneous emission, whereby the BCS
transition should occur within reach of current experimental techniques.

Atomic Physics;Soft Condensed Matter;Superconductivity;Chemical Physics;Quantum Physics