Skip to content

Interference of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a hard-wall trap: Formation of vorticity

J. Ruostekoski, B. Kneer, W. P. Schleich

cond-mat.stat-mecharXiv:cond-mat/9908095

Abstract

We theoretically study the coherent expansion of a Bose-Einstein condensate in the presence of a confining impenetrable hard-wall potential. The nonlinear dynamics of the macroscopically coherent matter field results in rich and complex spatio-temporal interference patterns demonstrating the formation of vorticity and solitonlike structures, and the fragmentation of the condensate into coherently coupled pieces.

Create a lesson