Discrete solitons and breathers with dilute Bose-Einstein condensates.

نویسندگان

  • A Trombettoni
  • A Smerzi
چکیده

We study the dynamical phase diagram of a dilute Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) trapped in a periodic potential. The dynamics is governed by a discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation: intrinsically localized excitations, including discrete solitons and breathers, can be created even if the BEC's interatomic potential is repulsive. Furthermore, we analyze the Anderson-Kasevich experiment [Science 282, 1686 (1998)], pointing out that mean field effects lead to a coherent destruction of the interwell Bloch oscillations.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Physical review letters

دوره 86 11  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2001