Published August 2003 | Version v1
Journal article

Fundamental limit for integrated atom optics with Bose-Einstein condensates

  • 1. Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, (China)
  • 2. Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA (United States)

Description

The dynamical response of an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate manipulated by an integrated atom-optics device, such as a microtrap or a microfabricated waveguide, is studied. We show that when the miniaturization of the device enforces a sufficiently high condensate density, three-body interactions lead to a spatial modulational instability that results in a fundamental limit on the coherent manipulation of Bose-Einstein condensates

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Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
68
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 023605-023605.6
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN

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