Laser Physics
Anomalous hybridization and nonlinear mode coupling of collective modes in a Bose-Einstein condensate
Dermot McPeake, E. Nugent, J F McCann
Abstract
We investigate the coupling between collective modes of a trapped Bose-Einstein condensate. We reveal the hybrid nature of these modes for certain trap geometries and show how the hybridization process leads to the formation of coherent-matter dark states. The effect of these hybrid states on mode coupling processes is discussed and studied as a function of the trap modulation. We complement the Bogoliubov approach with a time-dependent method directly simulating the axial and radial oscillations of the trapped condensate corresponding to the experimental parameters of Hechenblaikner et al. (Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 692 (2000)).