Josephson spectroscopy of a dilute Bose-Einstein condensate in a double-well potential
Abstract
The dynamics of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a double-well potential are analysed in terms of transitions between energy eigenstates. By solving the time-dependent and time-independent Gross-Pitaevskii equation in one dimension, we identify tunnelling resonances associated with level crossings, and determine the critical velocity that characterises the resonance. We test the validity of a non-linear two-state model, and show that for the experimentally interesting case, where the critical velocity is large, the influence of higher-lying states is important.
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