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Bose-Einstein Condensate in a Random Potential

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. LENS, Dipartimento di Fisica, and INFM Universita di Firenze, via Nello Carrara 1, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, FI (Italy)
  2. Italy
An optical speckle potential is used to investigate the static and dynamic properties of a Bose-Einstein condensate in the presence of disorder. With small levels of disorder, stripes are observed in the expanded density profile and strong damping of dipole and quadrupole oscillations is seen. Uncorrelated frequency shifts of the two modes are measured and are explained using a sum-rules approach and by the numerical solution of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation.
OSTI ID:
20699297
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 95; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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