Decoherence of Bose-Einstein condensates in microtraps.

Henkel, C.; Gardiner, S.A.

Abstract

We discuss the impact of thermally excited near fields on the coherent expansion of a condensate in a miniaturized electromagnetic trap. Monte Carlo simulations are compared with a kinetic two-component theory and indicate that atom interactions can slow down decoherence. This is explained by a simple theory in terms of the condensate dynamic structure factor.

Citation

Henkel, C., & Gardiner, S. (2004). Decoherence of Bose-Einstein condensates in microtraps. Physical Review A, 69(4), https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.69.043602

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 2004-04
• Journal: Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
• Print ISSN: 1050-2947
• Electronic ISSN: 1094-1622
• Publisher: American Physical Society
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 69
• Issue: 4
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.69.043602
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1623078
• Publisher URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRA/v69/e043602