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Bose-Einstein condensation in inhomogeneous Josephson arrays

R. Burioni, D. Cassi, I. Meccoli, M. Rasetti, S. Regina. P. Sodano, A. Vezzani

cond-matarXiv:cond-mat/0004100

Abstract

We show that spatial Bose-Einstein condensation of non-interacting bosons occurs in dimension d < 2 over discrete structures with inhomogeneous topology and with no need of external confining potentials. Josephson junction arrays provide a physical realization of this mechanism. The topological origin of the phenomenon may open the way to the engineering of quantum devices based on Bose-Einstein condensation. The comb array, which embodies all the relevant features of this effect, is studied in detail.

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