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For a Bose condensate in a double-well potential or with two Josephson-coupled internal states, the condensate wavefunction is a superposition. Here we consider coupling two such Bose condensates, and suggest the existence of a joint…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Yu Shi

We examine the possibility of Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) in two-dimensional (2D) system of interacting particles in a trap. We use a self-consistent mean-field theory of Bose particles interacting by a contact interaction in the Popov…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 William J. Mullin

The coupled-mode theory is developed for description of the nonlinear wave dynamics in binary optical lattices. The obtained equations of motion accurately describe nonlinear wave dynamics close to the band edges and in the gap of the…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2014-11-20 Lasha Tkeshelashvili

We analyze the model of an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) parametrically coupled to a molecular BEC via a photoassociation process. We show that an interplay of nonlinear inter- and intra-species interactions leads to the formation…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-05-26 Benedict J. Cusack , Tristram J. Alexander , Elena A. Ostrovskaya , Yuri S. Kivshar

We introduce a model motivated by studies of Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) trapped in double-well potentials. We assume that a mixture of two hyperfine states of the same atomic species is loaded in such a trap.The analysis is focused on…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-13 C. Wang , P. G. Kevrekidis , N. Whitaker , B. A. Malomed

We consider a macroscopic two-sate system based on persistent current states of a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) of interacting neutral atoms confined in a ring with a weak Josephson link. We demonstrate that macroscopic superpositions of…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2012-03-20 Dmitry Solenov , Dmitry Mozyrsky

By pumping energy into a trapped Bose-Einstein condensate it is possible to generate nonlinear coherent modes representing non-ground-state condensates. A Bose-condensed system of trapped atoms with nonlinear coherent modes is analogous to…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2024-12-03 V. I. Yukalov , E. P. Yukalova , V. S. Bagnato

Motivated by recent experiment on Bloch Oscillation of Bose-Einstein condensates (BEC) in accelerated optical lattices, we consider the Josephson dynamics of a BEC in an accelerated double well potential. We show that acceleration…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Aranya B Bhattacherjee

We propose a new approach to the macroscopic dynamics of three-well Bose-Einstein condensates, giving particular emphasis to self-trapping and Josephson oscillations. Although these effects have been studied quite thoroughly in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Mossmann , C. Jung

We study the dynamics of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a double-well potential in the mean-field approximation. Decoherence effects are considered by analyzing the couplings of the condensate to environments. Two kinds of coupling are taken…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 W. Wang , L. B. Fu , X. X. Yi

We discuss thermal and dynamical properties of Bose condensates confined by an external potential. First we analyze the Bose-Einstein transition temperature for an ideal Bose gas in a generic power-law potential and d-dimensional space.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Luca Salasnich

We study the dynamics of three-dimensional weakly linked Bose-Einstein condensates using a multimode model with an effective interaction parameter. The system is confined by a ring-shaped four-well trapping potential. By constructing a…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2018-02-27 M. Nigro , P. Capuzzi , H. M. Cataldo , D. M. Jezek

The nonlinear dynamics of a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) of dipolar excitons trapped in an external confining potential in coupled quantum wells is analysed. It is demonstrated that under typical experimental conditions the dipolar…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2012-07-17 O. L. Berman , R. Ya. Kezerashvili , G. V. Kolmakov , Yu. E. Lozovik

It was found that spatially confined spin-orbit (SO) coupling, which can be induced by illuminating Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) with a Gaussian laser beam, can help trap a spinor Bose gas in multi-dimensional space. Previous works on…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2020-05-19 Xiong-wei Chen , Zhi-gui Deng , Xiao-xi Xu , Shu-lan Li , Zhi-wei Fan , Zhao-pin Chen , Bin Liu , Yong-yao Li

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

The ultracold atoms are an ideal platform to implement atomtronics and Josephson junctions analogous to superconducting circuits. The collective modes of a Bose gas split by a potential barrier have been known. However, the role of barriers…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-10-07 Harsimranjit Kaur , Kuldeep Suthar

We investigate the structure of trapped Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) with long-range anisotropic dipolar interactions. We find that a small perturbation in the trapping potential can lead to dramatic changes in the condensate's density…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2010-02-08 Ryan M. Wilson , Shai Ronen , Han Pu , John L. Bohn

We study the problem of high temperature Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) of atom-light polaritons in a waveguide cavity appearing due to interaction of two-level atoms with (non-resonant) quantized optical radiation, in the strong coupling…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2012-05-15 I. Yu. Chestnov , A. P. Alodjants , S. M. Arakelian , J. Klaers , F. Vewinger , M. Weitz

We investigate the nonlinear self-trapping phenomenon of the Bose-Einstein condensates (BEC) in a symmetric double-well, emphasizing on its behind dynamical phase transition. With increasing the nonlinear parameter depicting the interaction…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Li-Bin Fu , Jie Liu

We consider a Bose-Einstein condensate in a double-well potential undergoing a dynamical transition from the regime of Josephson oscillations to the regime of self-trapping. We analyze the statistical properties of the ground state (or the…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2010-05-13 B. Julia-Diaz , D. Dagnino , M. Lewenstein , J. Martorell , A. Polls