Effect of optical disorder and single defects on the expansion of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a one-dimensional waveguide
Year: 2005
Authors: Fort C., Fallani L., Guarrera V., Lye J.E., Modugno M., Wiersma D.S., Inguscio M.
Autors Affiliation: Univ Florence, LENS, Dipartimento Fis, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy;
Univ Florence, INFM, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy;
Univ Trent, BEC, INFM Ctr, Povo, Italy;
Univ Florence, LENS, Dipartimento Matemat Appl, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy;
INFM, MATIS, Catania, Italy
Abstract: We investigate the one-dimensional expansion of a Bose-Einstein condensate in an optical guide in the presence of a random potential created with optical speckles. With the speckle the expansion of the condensate is strongly inhibited. A detailed investigation has been carried out varying the experimental conditions and checking the expansion when a single optical defect is present. The experimental results are in good agreement with numerical calculations based on the Gross-Pitaevskii equation.
Journal/Review: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume: 95 (17) Pages from: 170410-1 to: 170410-4
KeyWords: localizationDOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.170410ImpactFactor: 7.489Citations: 245data from “WEB OF SCIENCE” (of Thomson Reuters) are update at: 2024-10-06References taken from IsiWeb of Knowledge: (subscribers only)Connecting to view paper tab on IsiWeb: Click hereConnecting to view citations from IsiWeb: Click here