Final published version
Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
}
TY - JOUR
T1 - Nonlinear resonances in delta-kicked Bose-Einstein condensates
AU - Monteiro, T.S.
AU - Rançon, A.
AU - Ruostekoski, J.
PY - 2009/1/8
Y1 - 2009/1/8
N2 - We investigate the effect of atomic interactions on ?-kicked cold atoms. We show that the clearest signature of the nonlinear dynamics is a surprisingly abrupt cutoff that appears on the leading resonances. We show that this is due to an excitation path combining both Beliaev and Landau processes, with some analogies to nonlinear self-trapping. Investigation of dynamical instability reveals further symptoms of nonlinearity such as a regime of exponential oscillations.
AB - We investigate the effect of atomic interactions on ?-kicked cold atoms. We show that the clearest signature of the nonlinear dynamics is a surprisingly abrupt cutoff that appears on the leading resonances. We show that this is due to an excitation path combining both Beliaev and Landau processes, with some analogies to nonlinear self-trapping. Investigation of dynamical instability reveals further symptoms of nonlinearity such as a regime of exponential oscillations.
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.014102
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.014102
M3 - Journal article
VL - 102
JO - Physical review letters
JF - Physical review letters
SN - 1079-7114
IS - 1
M1 - 014102
ER -