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Incommensurable matter-wave jets in quasi-1D geometry

Quantum Gases 2024-10-10 v4 Pattern Formation and Solitons Atomic Physics Quantum Physics

Abstract

Matter-wave jets are ejected from a Bose-Einstein condensate subjected to a modulation of the interaction strength. For sufficiently strong modulation additional higher harmonic matter-wave jets emerge. Here we report the first experimental observation of incommensurable "golden" 1+52\frac{1+\sqrt{5}}{2} matter-wave jets in a Bose-Einstein condensate exposed to a single frequency interaction modulation. We study the formation of higher-order jets and the corresponding incommensurable density waves in quasi-one-dimensional geometry with numerical one dimensional (1D) Gross-Pitaevskii equation simulation. We explore the process of jet formation experimentally and theoretically for a wide range of modulation amplitudes and frequencies and establish a phase diagram delineating different regimes of jet formation.

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@article{arxiv.2303.07004,
  title  = {Incommensurable matter-wave jets in quasi-1D geometry},
  author = {Tadej Mežnaršič and Rok Žitko and Katja Gosar and Jure Pirman and Katja Arh and Matevž Jug and Erik Zupanič and Peter Jeglič},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.07004},
  year   = {2024}
}

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7 pages, 3 figures, improved version