Andreev reflection in bosonic condensates
Other Condensed Matter
2009-07-22 v3 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Superconductivity
Abstract
We study the bosonic analog of Andreev reflection at a normal-superfluid interface where the superfluid is a boson condensate. We model the normal region as a zone where nonlinear effects can be neglected. Against the background of a decaying condensate, we identify a novel contribution to the current of reflected atoms. The group velocity of this Andreev reflected component differs from that of the normally reflected one. For a three-dimensional planar or two-dimensional linear interface Andreev reflection is neither specular nor conjugate.
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@article{arxiv.0804.4631,
title = {Andreev reflection in bosonic condensates},
author = {I. Zapata and F. Sols},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0804.4631},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
5 pages, 3 figures. Text revised