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Observation of St\"{u}ckelberg oscillations in accelerated optical lattices

Quantum Gases 2015-05-20 v1

Abstract

We report the experimental observation of St\"{u}ckelberg oscillations of matter waves in optical lattices. Extending previous work on Landau-Zener tunneling of Bose-Einstein condensates in optical lattices, we study the effects of the accumulated phase between two successive crossings of the Brillouin zone edge. Our results agree well with a simple model for multiple Landau-Zener tunneling events taking into account the band structure of the optical lattice.

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@article{arxiv.1010.2413,
  title  = {Observation of St\"{u}ckelberg oscillations in accelerated optical lattices},
  author = {A. Zenesini and D. Ciampini and O. Morsch and E. Arimondo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.2413},
  year   = {2015}
}

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4 pages, 4 figures