Coherent dynamics of Bose-Einstein condensates in high-finesse optical cavities

Horak, Peter and Barnett, Stephen M. and Ritsch, Helmut (2000) Coherent dynamics of Bose-Einstein condensates in high-finesse optical cavities. Physical Review A, 61 (3). 033609. ISSN 1094-1622

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    Abstract

    We study the mutual interaction of a Bose-Einstein condensed gas with a single mode of a high-finesse optical cavity. We show how the cavity transmission reflects condensate properties, and calculate the self-consistent intracavity light field and condensate evolution. Solving the coupled condensate-cavity equations we find that while falling through the cavity, the condensate is adiabatically transfered into the ground state of the periodic optical potential. This allows time-dependent nondestructive measurements on Bose-Einstein condensates, with intriguing prospects for subsequent controlled manipulation.

    • Item type:Article
      ID code:5856
      Dates:
      Date
      Event
      15 February 2000
      Published
      Keywords:coherent dynamics, Bose-Einstein, condensates, optical cavities, optical physics, Optics. Light, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
      Subjects:Science > Physics > Optics. Light
      Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
      Depositing user: Miss Darcy Spiller
      Date deposited:24 Apr 2008
      Last modified:23 Sep 2021 03:28
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      URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/5856
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