Physics – Quantum Physics
Scientific paper
2008-11-12
Physics
Quantum Physics
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevA.79.033616
We study the coherent nonlinear tunneling dynamics of a binary mixture of Bose-Einstein condensates in a double-well potential. We demonstrate the existence of a new type of mode associated with the "swapping" of the two species in the two wells of the potential. In contrast to the symmetry breaking macroscopic quantum self-trapping (MQST) solutions, the swapping modes correspond to the tunneling dynamics that preserves the symmetry of the double well potential. As a consequence of two distinct types of broken symmetry MQST phases where the two species localize in the different potential welils or coexist in the same well, the corresponding symmetry restoring swapping modes result in dynamics where the the two species either avoid or chase each other. In view of the possibility to control the interaction between the species, the binary mixture offers a very robust system to observe these novel effects as well as the phenomena of Josephson oscillations and pi-modes
Balakrishnan Radha
Clark Charles W.
Edwards Mark
Heward Jeffrey
Naudus Philip
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