Physics – Condensed Matter – Other Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2007-04-18
J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 40, 4235 (2007)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Other Condensed Matter
11 pages, 6 figures, accept for publication in J. Phys. B
Scientific paper
10.1088/0953-4075/40/21/010
We investigate the {\em nonlinearity-assisted quantum tunneling} and formation of nonlinear collective excitations in a matter-wave interferometer, which is realised by the adiabatic transformation of a double-well potential into a single-well harmonic trap. In contrast to the linear quantum tunneling induced by the crossing (or avoided crossing) of neighbouring energy levels, the quantum tunneling between different nonlinear eigenstates is assisted by the nonlinear mean-field interaction. When the barrier between the wells decreases, the mean-field interaction aids quantum tunneling between the ground and excited nonlinear eigenstates. The resulting {\em non-adiabatic evolution} depends on the input states. The tunneling process leads to the generation of dark solitons, and the number of the generated dark solitons is highly sensitive to the matter-wave nonlinearity. The results of the numerical simulations of the matter-wave dynamics are successfully interpreted with a coupled-mode theory for multiple nonlinear eigenstates.
Kivshar Yuri S.
Lee Chaohong
Ostrovskaya Elena A.
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