Published January 25, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Disorder-Induced Order in Two-Component Bose-Einstein Condensates

  • 1. ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Parc Mediterrani de la Tecnologia, E-08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona) (Spain)
  • 2. Institut fuer Quantenoptik, Leibniz Universitaet Hannover, D-30167 Hannover (Germany)
  • 3. Department of Mathematics, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0089 (United States)
  • 4. ICREA-Institucio Catalana de Ricerca i Estudis Avancats, E-08010 Barcelona (Spain)
  • 5. Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique, CNRS and Univ. Paris-Sud, Campus Polytechnique, RD 128, F-91127 Palaiseau cedex (France)
  • 6. Marian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics and Mark Kac Complex Systems Research Centre, Jagiellonian University, Reymonta 4, PL-30059 Cracow (Poland)

Description

We propose and analyze a general mechanism of disorder-induced order in two-component Bose-Einstein condensates, analogous to corresponding effects established for XY spin models. We show that a random Raman coupling induces a relative phase of π/2 between the two BECs and that the effect is robust. We demonstrate it in one, two, and three dimensions at T=0 and present evidence that it persists at small T>0. Applications to phase control in ultracold spinor condensates are discussed

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
100
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 030403-030403.4
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
39042757
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Descriptors DEI
BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; CONTROL THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOMNESS; SPIN
Descriptors DEC
ANGULAR MOMENTUM; PARTICLE PROPERTIES

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(c) 2008 The American Physical Society