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Superfluid transport dynamics in a capacitive atomtronic circuit

Quantum Gases 2016-08-31 v1

Abstract

We simulate transport in an atomtronic circuit of a Bose-Einstein condensate that flows from a source region into a drain through a gate channel. The time-dependent Gross-Pitaevskii equation (GPE) solution matches the data of a recent experiment. The atomtronic circuit is found to be similar to a variable-resistance RLC circuit, which is critically damped at early times and shows LC oscillations later. The GPE also predicts atom loss from the drain. Studies of the dependence of condensate transport upon gate parameters suggest the utility of the GPE for investigation of atomtronic circuits.

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@article{arxiv.1606.02758,
  title  = {Superfluid transport dynamics in a capacitive atomtronic circuit},
  author = {Aijun Li and Stephen Eckel and Benjamin Eller and Kayla E. Warren and Charles W. Clark and Mark Edwards},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.02758},
  year   = {2016}
}

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Main Body: 5 pages, 4 figures, Supplemental Material: 11 pages, 4 figures

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