Self-trapping of Bose-Einstein condensates in optical lattices

dc.creatorWang, Bingbing
dc.creatorFu, Panming
dc.creatorLiu, Jie
dc.creatorWu, Biao
dc.date2006-01-12
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:57:31Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T06:57:31Z
dc.descriptionThe self-trapping phenomenon of Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) in optical lattices is studied extensively by numerically solving the Gross-Pitaevskii equation. Our numerical results not only reproduce the phenomenon that was observed in a recent experiment [Anker {\it et al.}, Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 94} (2005)020403], but also find that the self-trapping breaks down at long evolution times, that is, the self-trapping in optical lattices is only temporary. The analysis of our numerical results shows that the self-trapping in optical lattices is related to the self-trapping of BECs in a double-well potential. A possible mechanism of the formation of steep edges in the wave packet evolution is explored in terms of the dynamics of relative phases between neighboring wells.
dc.description8 pages, 15 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0601249
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0601249
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. A 74, 063610 (2006)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevA.74.063610
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/106992
dc.subjectOther Condensed Matter
dc.titleSelf-trapping of Bose-Einstein condensates in optical lattices
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