Pulsed quantum Tunneling with matter waves

Anno: 2002

Autori: Salasnich L.

Affiliazione autori: University of Milan

Abstract: In this report we investigate the macroscopic quantum tunneling of a Bose condensate failing under gravity and scattering on a Gaussian barrier that could model a mirror of far-detuned sheet of light. We analyze the effect of the inter-atomic interaction and that of a transverse confining potential. We show that the quantum tunneling can be quasi-periodic and in this way one could generate coherent Bose condensed atomic pulses. In the second part of the report, we discuss an effective 1D time-dependent non-polynomial nonlinear Schrodinger equation (NPSE), which describes cigar-shaped condensates. NPSE is obtained from the 3D Gross-Pitaevskii equation by using a variational approach. We find that NPSE gives much more accurate results than all other effective 1D equations recently proposed.

Giornale/Rivista: LASER PHYSICS

Volume: 12 (1)      Da Pagina: 198  A: 202

Parole chiavi: ultracold atoms

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