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Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics

Loss of coherence and superfluid depletion in an optical quasicrystal

Alberto Cetoli, Emil Lundh

Published Apr 4, 2013• 3 citations
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Abstract

We study numerically a 2D Bose-Einstein condensate in a quasiperiodic array of potential peaks, assumed to be generated by superimposing five blue detuned laser beams. By using a Bogoliubov ansatz ...
DOI
10.1088/0953-4075/46/8/085302

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