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Influence of Inter-atomic Interactions on Tunneling Dynamics in Trapped-atom Bose-Einstein Condensates

Li Jin

Published Jan 1, 2003• 0 citations

Abstract

In this paper, we study the influence of the interatomic linear and nonlinear interactions on tunneling dynamics in two zerotemperature BoseEinstein condensates (BECs) when the two BECs are in coherent states. The shorttime behaviors of the tunneling dynamics are investigated in detail. It is found that the population difference between two BECs exhibits periodic Rabbi oscillations with a period, which depends upon not only interatomic linear and nonlinear interactions but also the initial state of two BECs. We show that the twoBEC system may reach a selftrapping stationary state through adjusting interatomic interactions and the initial state of the system under our consideration. We also investigate the coherent atomic tunneling current between BECs, and find that under certain conditions coherent atomic tunneling current may be a pure DC atom current.

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