Linear and nonlinear dynamics of matter wave packets in periodic potentials

Details Linear and nonlinear dynamics of matter wave packets in periodic potentials Linear and nonlinear dynamics of matter wave packets in periodic potentials

2004-01-10

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0401165v1

Opt. Express 12, 11-18 (2004)

Physics

Condensed Matter

7 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1364/OPEX.12.000011

We investigate experimentally and theoretically the nonlinear propagation of 87Rb Bose Einstein condensates in a trap with cylindrical symmetry. An additional weak periodic potential which encloses an angle with the symmetry axis of the waveguide is applied. The observed complex wave packet dynamics results from the coupling of transverse and longitudinal motion. We show that the experimental observations can be understood applying the concept of effective mass, which also allows to model numerically the three dimensional problem with a one dimensional equation. Within this framework the observed slowly spreading wave packets are a consequence of the continuous change of dispersion. The observed splitting of wave packets is very well described by the developed model and results from the nonlinear effect of transient solitonic propagation.

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