Resonant tunneling of Bose-Einstein condensates in optical lattices

Anno: 2008

Autori: Zenesini A., Sias C., Lignier H., Singh Y., Ciampini D., Morsch O., Mannella R., Arimondo E., Tomadin A., Wimberger S.

Affiliazione autori: Univ Heidelberg, Inst Theoret Phys, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Univ Pisa, Dipartimento Fis Enrico Fermi, I-56127 Pisa, Italy; CNR, INFM, I-56127 Pisa, Italy; CNISM, Unita Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy; Scuola Normale Super Pisa, I-56126 Pisa, Italy

Abstract: In this paper, we present the theoretical as well as experimental results on resonantly enhanced tunneling of Bose-Einstein condensates in optical lattices both in the linear case and for small nonlinearities. Our results demonstrate the usefulness of condensates in optical lattices for simulating Hamiltonians originally used for describing solid-state phenomena.

Giornale/Rivista: NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS

Volume: 10(5)      Da Pagina: 053038-1  A: 053038-15

Parole chiavi: BLOCH OSCILLATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES; NONEXPONENTIAL DECAY; QUANTUM-WELLS; LIFETIME; DYNAMICS; STATES; ATOMS
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/10/5/053038