by F. Ferlaino, P. Maddaloni, S. Burger, F. S. Cataliotti, C. Fort, M. Modugno, M. Inguscio
Abstract:
The macroscopic coherent tunneling through the barriers of a periodic potential is used as an atom-optical filter to separate the center of mass of the condensate and the thermal components of a 87Rb mixed cloud. We condense in the combined potential of a laser standing wave superimposed on the axis of a cigar-shaped magnetic trap and induce condensate dipole oscillation in the presence of a static thermal component. The oscillation is damped due to the interaction with the thermal fraction and we investigate the role played by the periodic potential in the damping process.
Reference:
Dynamics of a Bose-Einstein condensate at finite temperature in an atom-optical coherence filter,
F. Ferlaino, P. Maddaloni, S. Burger, F. S. Cataliotti, C. Fort, M. Modugno, M. Inguscio,
Phys. Rev. A, volume 66, 2002.
F. Ferlaino, P. Maddaloni, S. Burger, F. S. Cataliotti, C. Fort, M. Modugno, M. Inguscio,
Phys. Rev. A, volume 66, 2002.
Bibtex Entry:
@article{PhysRevA.66.011604, title = {Dynamics of a Bose-Einstein condensate at finite temperature in an atom-optical coherence filter}, author = {Ferlaino, F. and Maddaloni, P. and Burger, S. and Cataliotti, F. S. and Fort, C. and Modugno, M. and Inguscio, M.}, journal = {Phys. Rev. A}, volume = {66}, issue = {1}, pages = {011604}, numpages = {4}, year = {2002}, month = {Jul}, abstract ={The macroscopic coherent tunneling through the barriers of a periodic potential is used as an atom-optical filter to separate the center of mass of the condensate and the thermal components of a 87Rb mixed cloud. We condense in the combined potential of a laser standing wave superimposed on the axis of a cigar-shaped magnetic trap and induce condensate dipole oscillation in the presence of a static thermal component. The oscillation is damped due to the interaction with the thermal fraction and we investigate the role played by the periodic potential in the damping process.}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.66.011604}, url = {http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.66.011604}, arXiv = {http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0202369} }