Nonlinear transport of Bose-Einstein condensates through mesoscopic waveguides

[en] We study the coherent flow of interacting Bose-condensed atoms in mesoscopic waveguide geometries. Analytical and numerical methods, based on the mean-field description of the condensate, are developed to study both stationary as well as time-dependent propagation processes. We apply these methods to the propagation of a condensate through an atomic quantum dot in a waveguide, discuss the nonlinear transmission spectrum and show that resonant transport is generally suppressed due to an interaction-induced bistability phenomenon. Finally, we establish a link between the nonlinear features of the transmission spectrum and the self-consistent quasibound states of the quantum dot.

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Physics

Author, co-author :

Paul, T.

Hartung, M.

Richter, K.

Schlagheck, Peter ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Physique quantique statistique

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English

Title :

Nonlinear transport of Bose-Einstein condensates through mesoscopic waveguides

Publication date :

2007

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Physical Review. A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics

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1050-2947

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1094-1622

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American Physical Society, College Park, United States - Maryland

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