Josephson oscillations in split one-dimensional Bose gases
Yuri Daniel van Nieuwkerk, Jörg Schmiedmayer, Fabian Essler
Abstract
We consider the non-equilibrium dynamics of a weakly interacting Bose gas tightly confined to a highly elongated double well potential. We use a self-consistent time-dependent Hartree--Fock approximation in combination with a projection of the full three-dimensional theory to several coupled one-dimensional channels. This allows us to model the time-dependent splitting and phase imprinting of a gas initially confined to a single quasi one-dimensional potential well and obtain a microscopic description of the ensuing damped Josephson oscillations.
Topics & Concepts
PhysicsJosephson effectQuantum mechanicsBose gasProjection (relational algebra)Quantum electrodynamicsDynamics (music)Phase (matter)Projection methodTrappingCondensed matter physicsStatistical physicsClassical mechanicsCold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein CondensatesSpectral Theory in Mathematical PhysicsQuantum many-body systems