Interference-induced suppression of particle emission from a Bose-Einstein condensate in lattice with time-periodic modulations

Abstract

Emission of matter-wave jets from a parametrically driven condensate has attracted significant experimental and theoretical attention due to the appealing visual effects and potential metrological applications. In this work, we investigate the collective particle emission from a Bose-Einstein condensate confined in a one-dimensional lattice with periodically modulated interparticle interactions. We give the regimes for discrete modes, and find that the emission can be distinctly suppressed. The configuration induces a broad band, but few particles are ejected due to the interference of the matter waves. We further qualitatively model the emission process, and demonstrate the short-time behaviors. This engineering provides a way for manipulating the propagation of particles and the corresponding dynamics of condensates in lattices, and may find use in the dynamical excitation control of other nonequilibrium problems with time-periodic driving.