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Dynamical Response of a Bose-Einstein Condensate to a Discontinuous Change in Internal State

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Author(s)

M R. Matthews, D S. Hall, D S. Jin, J R. Ensher, C E. Wieman, Eric A. Cornell, F Dalfovo, C Minniti, S Stringari

Abstract

A two photon transition is used to rapidly convert an arbitrary fraction of 87Rb atoms from a [F=1, mf=-1>condenstate to the [F=2,nf=2>state. Transferring the entire population imposes a discontinuous change on the condensate's mean-field repulsion, which leaves a residual ringing in the condensate width. A theoretical calculation agrees well with the observed behavior, and from the comparison we obtain the ratio of the scattering lengths for the two states, a/a=1.062(12).
Citation
Physical Review Letters
Volume
81
Issue
No. 2
Pub Type
Journals

Keywords

Bose-Einstein condensation

Citation

Matthews, M. , Hall, D. , Jin, D. , Ensher, J. , Wieman, C. , Cornell, E. , Dalfovo, F. , Minniti, C. and Stringari, S. (1998), Dynamical Response of a Bose-Einstein Condensate to a Discontinuous Change in Internal State, Physical Review Letters (Accessed October 12, 2025)

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Created June 30, 1998, Updated October 12, 2021
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