Published January 2002 | Version v1
Journal article

Simple method for excitation of a Bose-Einstein condensate

  • 1. Instytut Fizyki imienia Mariana Smoluchowskiego, Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, ulica Reymonta 4, PL-30-059 Cracow (Poland)
  • 2. Theoretical Division, T6, MS B288, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)

Description

An appropriate, time-dependent modification of the trapping potential may be sufficient to create effectively collective excitations in a cold-atom Bose-Einstein condensate. The proposed method is complementary to earlier suggestions and should allow the creation of both dark solitons and vortices

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
65
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 013604-013604.7
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
36027491
Subject category
S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ATOMS; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; COLLECTIVE EXCITATIONS; MODIFICATIONS; POTENTIALS; SOLITONS; TIME DEPENDENCE; TRAPPING; VORTICES
Descriptors DEC
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS; EXCITATION; QUASI PARTICLES

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(c) 2001 The American Physical Society