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Diffractive focusing of a uniform Bose-Einstein condensate

Quantum Physics 2021-10-29 v2 Quantum Gases Atomic Physics

Abstract

We propose a straightforward implementation of the phenomenon of diffractive focusing with uniform atomic Bose-Einstein condensates. Both, analytical as well as numerical methods not only illustrate the influence of the atom-atom interaction on the focusing factor and the focus time, but also allow us to derive the optimal conditions for observing focusing of this type in the case of interacting matter waves.

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@article{arxiv.2102.08682,
  title  = {Diffractive focusing of a uniform Bose-Einstein condensate},
  author = {Patrick Boegel and Matthias Meister and Jan-Niclas Siemß and Naceur Gaaloul and Maxim A. Efremov and Wolfgang P. Schleich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.08682},
  year   = {2021}
}

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26 pages, 7 figures

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