Expansion of a coherent array of Bose-Einstein condensates

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1 August 2001

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.cond-mat/0108004

Abstract

We investigate the properties of a coherent array containing about 200 Bose-Einstein condensates produced in a far detuned 1D optical lattice. The density profile of the gas, imaged after releasing the trap, provides information about the coherence of the ground-state wavefunction. The measured atomic distribution is characterized by interference peaks. The time evolution of the peaks, their relative population as well as the radial size of the expanding cloud are in good agreement with the predictions of theory. The 2D nature of the trapped condensates and the conditions required to observe the effects of coherence are also discussed.

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Version 1, 2001-08-01, ArXiv
Published version: Physical Review Letters, 87 (22), 220401.

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