Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2002-08-14
Eur. Phys. J. D 25 (2003) 161-166
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
6 Latex pages, 6 PS and EPS figures, Accepted in European Physical Journal D
Scientific paper
10.1140/epjd/e2003-00241-3
Using the axially-symmetric time-dependent Gross-Pitaevskii equation we study the phase coherence in a repulsive Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) trapped by a harmonic and an one-dimensional optical lattice potential to describe the experiment by Cataliotti {\it et al.} on atomic Josephson oscillation [Science {\bf 293}, 843 (2001)]. The phase coherence is maintained after the BEC is set into oscillation by a small displacement of the magnetic trap along the optical lattice. The phase coherence in the presence of oscillating neutral current across an array of Josephson junctions manifests in an interference pattern formed upon free expansion of the BEC. The numerical response of the system to a large displacement of the magnetic trap is a classical transition from a coherent superfluid to an insulator regime and a subsequent destruction of the interference pattern in agreement with the more recent experiment by Cataliotti {\it et al.} [e-print cond-mat/0207139].
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