Physics – Condensed Matter – Quantum Gases
Scientific paper
2010-07-28
Laser Physics Letters 8, 691-696 (2011)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Quantum Gases
6 pages, 3 figures
Scientific paper
10.1002/lapl.201110052
We have studied a Bose-Einstein condensate of $^{87}Rb$ atoms under an oscillatory excitation. For a fixed frequency of excitation, we have explored how the values of amplitude and time of excitation must be combined in order to produce quantum turbulence in the condensate. Depending on the combination of these parameters different behaviors are observed in the sample. For the lowest values of time and amplitude of excitation, we observe a bending of the main axis of the cloud. Increasing the amplitude of excitation we observe an increasing number of vortices. The vortex state can evolve into the turbulent regime if the parameters of excitation are driven up to a certain set of combinations. If the value of the parameters of these combinations is exceeded, all vorticity disappears and the condensate enters into a different regime which we have identified as the granular phase. Our results are summarized in a diagram of amplitude versus time of excitation in which the different structures can be identified. We also present numerical simulations of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation which support our observations.
Bagnato Vanderlei Salvador
Henn E. A. L.
Kasamatsu Kenichi
Kobayashi Mari
Magalhães K. M. F.
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