Strong confinement and oscillations in two-component Bose-Einstein condensates

Q Han Park, J. H. Eberly

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Abstract

Summary form only given. Recent elegant experimental observations of Rabi-type oscillations in a two-component Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) of 87Rb brings up an issue of collapse and revival in BEC which has resisted any conventional theoretical analysis. Though a heuristic argument using "twists" of an SU(2) order parameter was given in, the fundamental dynamics of the observed oscillations has not been understood. In this talk, we present a resolution to this problem in terms a new model of BEC dynamics. We go beyond revival analysis to present a new quantum mechanical picture of the multicomponent BEC physics based on a strong confinement model, which explains experimentally observed features quite well. We show that the coupled Gross-Pitaevski (GP) equations for the two-component Bose-Einstein condensate can be decoupled by a time-dependent dressing transformation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTechnical Digest - Summaries of Papers Presented at the Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, QELS 2001
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages251-252
Number of pages2
ISBN (Print)155752663X, 9781557526632
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2001
Externally publishedYes
EventQuantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, QELS 2001 - Baltimore, United States
Duration: 2001 May 62001 May 11

Other

OtherQuantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, QELS 2001
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBaltimore
Period01/5/601/5/11

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Radiation

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