Physics – Condensed Matter – Quantum Gases
Scientific paper
2012-04-04
Physics
Condensed Matter
Quantum Gases
10 pages, 5 figures
Scientific paper
We consider the Bose-Hubbard model with particle losses at one lattice site. For the non-interacting case, we find that half of the bosons of an initially homogeneous particle distribution, are not affected by dissipation that only acts on one lattice site in the center of the lattice. A physical interpretation of this result is that the surviving particles interfere destructively when they tunnel to the location of the dissipative defect and therefore never reach it. Furthermore we find for a one-dimensional model that a fraction of the particles can propagate across the dissipative defect even if the rate of tunneling between adjacent lattice sites is much slower than the loss rate at the defect. In the interacting case, the phase coherence is destroyed and all particles eventually decay. We thus analyze the effect of small interactions and small deviations from the perfectly symmetric setting on the protection of the particles against the localized losses. A possible experimental realization of our setup is provided by ultracold bosonic atoms in an optical lattice, where an electron beam on a single lattice site ionizes atoms that are then extracted by an electrostatic field.
Hartmann Michael J.
Kepesidis Kosmas
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