Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2002-07-31
Phys. Rev. A66, 043614 (2002)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
8 pages, 7 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevA.66.043614
We present results of calculations on Bose-Einstein condensed $^{87}$Rb atoms subjected to a moving standing-wave light-potential of the form $V_L(z,t) = V_0(t) \cos(q z-\omega t)$. We calculate the mean-field dynamics (the order paramter) of the condensate and determine the resulting condensate momentum in the $z$ direction, $P_z(q,\omega,V_0,t_p)$, where $V_0$ is the peak optical potential strength and $t_p$ is the pulse duration. Although the local density approximation for the Bogoliubov excitation spectral distribution is a good approximation for very low optical intensities, long pulse duration and sufficiently large values of the wavevector $q$ of the light-potential, for small $q$, short duration pulses, or for not-so-low intensities, the local density perturbative description of the excitation spectrum breaks down badly, as shown by our results.
Band Yehuda B.
Sokuler M.
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