Title :
Transport and disruption of bose-einstein condensates in optical lattices
Author :
Scott, R.G. ; Martin, A.M. ; Fromhold, T.M. ; Malossi, N. ; Morsch, O. ; Cristiani, M. ; Arimondo, E.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Nottingham Univ.
Abstract :
We present experimental and theoretical studies of the transport of Bose-Einstein condensates in optical lattices. For low lattice accelerations, Bragg reflection generates a train of solitons and vortex rings, which strongly disrupt the atom cloud
Keywords :
Bose-Einstein condensation; atom-photon collisions; light reflection; optical solitons; optical vortices; quantum optics; BEC disruption; BEC transport; Bose-Einstein condensates; Bragg reflection; atom cloud; linear Bloch oscillations; low lattice accelerations; optical lattices; solitons; vortex rings;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-778-4
