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Inspired by the increasing possibility of experimental control in ultracold atomic physics, we introduce a new Lax operator and use it to construct and solve models with two wells and two on-well states together with its generalization for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-12-30 G Santos , A Foerster , I Roditi

We show how non-Hermitian potentials used to describe probability gain and loss in effective theories of open quantum systems can be achieved by a coupling of the system to an environment. We do this by coupling a Bose-Einstein condensate…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-11-20 Fabian Single , Holger Cartarius , Günter Wunner , Jörg Main

We consider an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) loaded in a biased double-well trap with tunneling rate $K$ and inter-atomic interaction $U$. The BEC is prepared such that all $N$ atoms are in the left well. We drive the system by…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-06-08 Katrina Smith-Mannschott , Maya Chuchem , Moritz Hiller , Tsampikos Kottos , Doron Cohen

Quantum tunneling across double potential barriers is studied. With the assumption that the real space is a continuum, it is rigorously proved that large barriers of arbitrary shapes can be penetrated by low-energy particles with a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-02-02 Yong Yang

Via computer simulations of the standard binary Lennard-Jones glass former we have obtained in a systematic way a large set of close-by pairs of minima on the potential energy landscape, i.e. double-well potentials (DWP). We analyze this…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-10 J. Reinisch , A. Heuer

A simple theory for the tunneling of two cold atoms out of a trap in the presence of an attractive contact force is developed. Two competing decay channels, respectively for single-atom and bound-pair tunneling, contribute independently to…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2013-10-24 Massimo Rontani

We propose a Hamiltonian of ultracold spinless atoms in optical lattices including the two-body interaction of nearest neighbors, which reduces to the Bose-Hubbard model in weak interaction limit. An atom-pair hoping term appearing in the…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 J. -Q. Liang , J. -L. Liu , W. -D. Li , Z. -J. Li

We numerically investigate the soliton tunnelling process in double-well potential trapped Bose-Einstein condensate. Comparing with the usual low energy few particle tunnelling process, we find that the soliton tunnelling leads to massive…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2019-03-04 Decheng Ma , Chenglong Jia

We show that the interaction (cross-collision) between atoms trapped in distinct sites of a double-well potential can significantly increase the atom tunneling rate for special trap configurations leading to an effective linear Rabi regime…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-10-02 B. R. da Cunha , M. C. de Oliveira

Quantum tunneling is the quantum-mechanical effect where a particle tunnels through a classically forbidden region. Double Square Well Potential (DSWP) is a system where this phenomenon is feasible. Numerous phenomena can be illustrated by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 S. T. Tserkis , Ch. C. Moustakidis , S. E. Massen , C. P. Panos

A PT-symmetric Bose-Einstein condensate can be theoretically described using a complex optical potential, however, the experimental realization of such an optical potential describing the coherent in- and outcoupling of particles is a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-08 Manuel Kreibich , Jörg Main , Holger Cartarius , Günter Wunner

We show that the adiabatic dynamics of a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) in a double well potential can be described in terms of a dark variable resulting from the combination of the population imbalance and the spatial atomic coherence…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2010-04-21 C. Ottaviani , V. Ahufinger , R. Corbalán , J. Mompart

In this work we obtain the exact analytical scattering solutions of a particle (electron or hole) in a semiconductor double heterojunction - potential well / barrier - where the effective mass of the particle varies with position inside the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 Anjana Sinha

A one-dimensional system with two $\delta$-like barriers or wells bi-chromaticaly oscillating at frequencies $\omega$ and $2\omega$ is considered. The alternating signal leads to the direct current across the structure (even in a symmetric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. M. Mahmoodian , M. V. Entin

Quantum noise with exchange and tunneling is studied within time-dependent wave packets. A novel expression for the quantum noise of two identical particles injected simultaneously from opposite sides of a tunneling barrier is presented.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-06-22 Enrique Colomés , Damiano Marian , Xavier Oriols

The possibility, envisaged in 1925 by Einstein following the suggestion of Bose, of a dilute gas of atoms being condensed into a single quantum state was experimentally achieved in 1995 following decades of research. An avalanche of…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 William P. Reinhardt , Heidi Perry

We propose a simple method of synchronous combined modulations to generate the exact analytic solutions for a spin-orbit (SO) coupled ultracold atom held in a non-Hermitian double-well potential. Based on the obtained analytical solutions,…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2023-08-08 Xin Xie , Jiaxi Cui , Zhida Luo , Yuqiong Xie , Wenjuan Li , Wenhua Hai , Yunrong Luo

We study the quantum behaviour of a particle moving in a one-dimensional double well potential. This double well is obtained by gluing together, at the origin, two shifted harmonic oscillator potentials. The Schr\"odinger equation is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-04-10 N. Mohammedi , Tim. R. Morris

We study the dynamics of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a double-well potential in the two-mode approximation. The dissipation of energy from the condensate is described by the coupling to a thermal reservoir of non-condensate modes. As a…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 Janne Ruostekoski , Dan F. Walls

We describe the dynamics of a bound state of an attractive $\delta$-well under displacement of the potential. Exact analytical results are presented for the suddenly moved potential. Since this is a quantum system, only a fraction of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Er'el Granot , Avi Marchewka