Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2001-06-04
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
Submitted to Phys. Rev. A
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevA.64.043606
The dynamics of localized excitations in array of Bose-Einstein condensates is investigated in the framework of the nonlinear lattice theory. The existence of temporarily stable ground states displaying an atomic population distributions localized on very few lattice sites (intrinsic localized modes), as well as, of atomic population distributions involving many lattice sites (envelope solitons), is studied both numerically and analytically. The origin and properties of these modes are shown to be inherently connected with the interplay between macroscopic quantum tunnelling and nonlinearity induced self-trapping of atoms in coupled BECs. The phenomenon of Bloch oscillations of these excitations is studied both for zero and non zero backgrounds. We find that in a definite range of parameters, homogeneous distributions can become modulationally unstable. We also show that bright solitons and excitations of shock wave type can exist in BEC arrays even in the case of positive scattering length. Finally, we argue that BEC array with negative scattering length in presence of linear potentials can display collapse.
Abdullaev Fatkhulla Kh.
Baizakov Bakhtiyor B.
Darmanyan S. A.
Konotop Vladimir V.
Salerno Mario
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