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Loop Structure Stability of a Double-Well-Lattice BEC
Published
Author(s)
James V. Porto, Hoi-Yin Hui, Ryan Barnett, Sankar Das Sarma
Abstract
In this work, we consider excited many-body mean-field states of bosons in a double-well optical lattice by investigating stationary Bloch solutions to the non-linear equations of motion. We show that, for any positive interaction strength, a loop structure emerges at the edge of the band structure whose existence is entirely due to interactions. This can be contrasted to the case of a conventional optical (Bravais) lattice where a loop appears only above a critical repulsive interaction strength. Motivated by the possibility of realizing such non-linear Bloch states experimentally, we analyze the collective excitations about these non-linear stationary states and thereby establish conditions for the system's energetic and dynamical stability. We find that there are regimes that are dynamically stable and thus apt to be realized experimentally.
Citation
Physical Review A
Pub Type
Journals
Keywords
Bose Einstein Condensates, non-linear dynamics, optical lattices
Citation
Porto, J.
, Hui, H.
, Barnett, R.
and Das, S.
(2012),
Loop Structure Stability of a Double-Well-Lattice BEC, Physical Review A
(Accessed June 6, 2023)