Published March 1, 2005
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Journal article
Effects of atomic interactions on the resonant tunnelling of sodium condensates
Creators
- 1. Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, 56126 Pisa (Italy)
- 2. Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia (Italy)
Description
We investigate the influence of atomic interactions on the tunnelling of sodium condensates across a spatially oscillating optical barrier. In the limit of very fast barrier oscillations, in which resonant tunnelling via a metastable state takes place, the interactions affect the position and lineshape of the transmission peak. We anticipate that the possibility of modulating the interactions in a tunnelling condensate can be exploited to achieve nonlinear effects such as optical limiting and bistability
Availability note (English)
Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/1464-4266/7/S59/job5_3_008.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Optics. B, Quantum and Semiclassical Optics (Print) (ISSN 1464-4266) http://www.iop.org/Additional details
Identifiers
- URL
- http://stacks.iop.org/1464-4266/7/S59/job5_3_008.pdf; http://www.iop.org/;
- DOI
- 10.1088/1464-4266/7/3/008;
- PII
- S1464-4266(05)87561-5;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Optics. B, Quantum and Semiclassical Optics (Print)
- Journal Volume
- 7
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. S59-S63
- ISSN
- 1464-4266
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 36029159
- Subject category
- S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ATOMS; INTERACTIONS; METASTABLE STATES; OSCILLATIONS; SODIUM; TUNNEL EFFECT
- Descriptors DEC
- ALKALI METALS; ELEMENTS; ENERGY LEVELS; EXCITED STATES; METALS