Fundamental limit for integrated atom optics with Bose-Einstein condensates
Weiping ZhangDepartment of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, ChinaE. M. WrightOptical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USAHan PuOptical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USAPierre MeystreOptical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
2003en
ABI
Abstract
The dynamical response of an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate manipulated by an integrated atom-optics device, such as a microtrap or a microfabricated waveguide, is studied. We show that when the miniaturization of the device enforces a sufficiently high condensate density, three-body interactions lead to a spatial modulational instability that results in a fundamental limit on the coherent manipulation of Bose-Einstein condensates.
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