Self-localization of Bose-Einstein condensates in optical lattices via boundary dissipation

Year: 2006

Authors: Livi R., Franzosi R., Oppo G. L.

Autors Affiliation: Dipartimento di Fisica, CNR-INFM and CSDC, Università di Firenze, Via Sansone 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy; Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, 107 Rottenrow, Glasgow G4 ONG, Scotland, United Kingdom

Abstract: We introduce a technique to obtain localization of Bose-Einstein condensates in optical lattices via boundary dissipations. Stationary and traveling localized states are generated by removing atoms at the optical lattice ends. Clear regimes of stretched-exponential decay for the number of atoms trapped in the lattice are identified. The phenomenon is universal and can also be observed in arrays of optical waveguides with mirrors at the system boundaries.

Journal/Review: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Volume: 97 (6)      Pages from: 060401-1  to: 060401-4

KeyWords: Electron energy levels; Electron traps; Lattice constants; Mirrors; Optical materials; Optical waveguides, Bose-Einstein condensates; Boundary dissipation; Optical lattices; Self-localization, Gas condensates
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.060401

Citations: 120
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