Anisotropic 2D diffusive expansion of ultra-cold atoms in a disordered potential

Details Anisotropic 2D diffusive expansion of ultra-cold atoms in a disordered potential Anisotropic 2D diffusive expansion of ultra-cold atoms in a disordered potential

2010-04-02

arxiv.org/abs/1004.0312v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 220602 (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Quantum Gases

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.220602

We study the horizontal expansion of vertically confined ultra-cold atoms in the presence of disorder. Vertical confinement allows us to realize a situation with a few coupled harmonic oscillator quantum states. The disordered potential is created by an optical speckle at an angle of 30{\deg} with respect to the horizontal plane, resulting in an effective anisotropy of the correlation lengths of a factor of 2 in that plane. We observe diffusion leading to non-Gaussian density profiles. Diffusion coefficients, extracted from the experimental results, show anisotropy and strong energy dependence, in agreement with numerical calculations.

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