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Coherent dynamics of Bose-Einstein condensates in high-finesse optical cavities

Condensed Matter 2009-10-31 v2

Abstract

We study the mutual interaction of a Bose-Einstein condensed gas with a single mode of a high-finesse optical cavity. We show how the cavity transmission reflects condensate properties and calculate the self-consistent intra-cavity light field and condensate evolution. Solving the coupled condensate-cavity equations we find that while falling through the cavity, the condensate is adiabatically transfered into the ground state of the periodic optical potential. This allows time dependent non-destructive measurements on Bose-Einstein condensates with intriguing prospects for subsequent controlled manipulation.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9906357,
  title  = {Coherent dynamics of Bose-Einstein condensates in high-finesse optical cavities},
  author = {Peter Horak and Stephen M. Barnett and Helmut Ritsch},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9906357},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

5 pages, 5 figures; revised version: added references