Quantum threshold for optomechanical self-structuring in a Bose-Einstein condensate

Robb, G. R. M. and Tesio, E. and Oppo, G.-L. and Firth, W. J. and Ackemann, T. and Bonifacio, R. (2015) Quantum threshold for optomechanical self-structuring in a Bose-Einstein condensate. Physical Review Letters, 114 (17). 173903. ISSN 0031-9007

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    Abstract

    Theoretical analysis of the optomechanics of degenerate bosonic atoms with a single feedback mirror shows that self-structuring occurs only above an input threshold that is quantum mechanical in origin. This threshold also implies a lower limit to the size (period) of patterns that can be produced in a condensate for a given pump intensity. These thresholds are interpreted as due to the quantum rigidity of Bose-Einstein condensates, which has no classical counterpart. Above the threshold, the condensate self-organizes into an ordered supersolid state with a spatial period self-selected by optical diffraction.

    ORCID iDs

    Robb, G. R. M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3004-5926, Tesio, E., Oppo, G.-L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5376-4309, Firth, W. J., Ackemann, T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2727-7395 and Bonifacio, R.;
    • Item type:Article
      ID code:53092
      Dates:
      Date
      Event
      1 May 2015
      Published
      13 March 2015
      Accepted
      Keywords:optomechanical self-organization, optomechanical nonlinearities, Bose-Einstein condensate, Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
      Subjects:Science > Physics
      Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
      Depositing user: Pure Administrator
      Date deposited:26 May 2015 12:53
      Last modified:05 May 2021 00:34
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      URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/53092
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