Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2003-11-20
Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 070401 (2004)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
4 pages, 5 figures, final version to appear in PRL
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.070401
We revisit dipolar motion of condensate atoms in one-dimensional optical lattices and harmonic magnetic traps including quantum fluctuations within the truncated Wigner approximation. In the strong tunneling limit we reproduce the meanfield results with a sharp dynamical transition at the critical displacement. When the tunneling is reduced, on the contrary, strong quantum fluctuations lead to finite damping of condensate oscillations even at infinitesimal displacement. We argue that there is a smooth crossover between the chaotic classical transition at finite displacement and the superfluid-to-insulator phase transition at zero displacement. We further analyze the time dependence of the density fluctuations and of the coherence of the condensate and find several nontrivial dynamical effects, which can be observed in the present experimental conditions.
Polkovnikov Anatoli
Wang Daw-Wei
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