Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2001-08-07
Science, vol. 293 (2001) 843
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
10.1126/science.1062612
We report on the direct observation of an oscillating atomic current in a one-dimensional array of Josephson junctions realized with an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate. The array is created by a laser standing-wave, with the condensates trapped in the valleys of the periodic potential and weakly coupled by the inter-well barriers. The coherence of multiple tunneling between adjacent wells is continuously probed by atomic interference. The square of the small-amplitude oscillation frequency is proportional to the microscopic tunneling rate of each condensate through the barriers, and provides a direct measurement of the Josephson critical current as a function of the intermediate barrier heights. Our superfluid array may allow investigation of phenomena so far inaccessible to superconducting Josephson junctions and lays a bridge between the condensate dynamics and the physics of discrete nonlinear media.
Burger Stefaan
Cataliotti Francesco S.
Fort Chiara
Inguscio Massimo
Maddaloni P.
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