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Dipole oscillations of confined lattice bosons in one dimension

Other Condensed Matter 2009-11-13 v1 Quantum Physics

Abstract

We study the dynamics of a non-integrable system comprising interacting cold bosons trapped in an optical lattice in one-dimension by means of exact time-dependent numerical DMRG techniques. Particles are confined by a parabolic potential, and dipole oscillations are induced by displacing the trap center of a few lattice sites. Depending on the system parameters this motion can vary from undamped to overdamped. We study the dipole oscillations as a function of the lattice displacement, the particle density and the strength of interparticle interactions. These results explain the recent experiment C.D. Fertig et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 120403 (2005).

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@article{arxiv.0810.1665,
  title  = {Dipole oscillations of confined lattice bosons in one dimension},
  author = {Simone Montangero and Rosario Fazio and Peter Zoller and Guido Pupillo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0810.1665},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures