Published March 23, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Resonantly Enhanced Tunneling of Bose-Einstein Condensates in Periodic Potentials

  • 1. Dipartimento di Fisica 'E. Fermi', CNR-INFM, Largo Pontecorvo 3, 56127 Pisa (Italy)

Description

We report on measurements of resonantly enhanced tunneling of Bose-Einstein condensates loaded into an optical lattice. By controlling the initial conditions of our system we were able to observe resonant tunneling in the ground and the first two excited states of the lattice wells. We also investigated the effect of the intrinsic nonlinearity of the condensate on the tunneling resonances

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
98
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
p. 120403-120403.4
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
38101341
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; EXCITED STATES; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; PERIODICITY; POTENTIALS; TUNNEL EFFECT
Descriptors DEC
ENERGY LEVELS; VARIATIONS

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