How to measure the bogoliubov quasiparticle amplitudes in a trapped condensate
We propose an experiment, based on two consecutive Bragg pulses, to measure the momentum distribution of quasiparticle excitations in a trapped Bose gas at low temperature. With the first pulse one generates a bunch of excitations carrying momentum q, whose Doppler line is measured by the second pul...
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| Published in: | Physical review letters Vol. 85; no. 21; pp. 4422 - 4425 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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United States
20-11-2000
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| Summary: | We propose an experiment, based on two consecutive Bragg pulses, to measure the momentum distribution of quasiparticle excitations in a trapped Bose gas at low temperature. With the first pulse one generates a bunch of excitations carrying momentum q, whose Doppler line is measured by the second pulse. We show that this experiment can provide direct access to the amplitudes u(q) and v(q) characterizing the Bogoliubov transformations from particles to quasiparticles. We simulate the behavior of the nonuniform gas by numerically solving the time dependent Gross-Pitaevskii equation. |
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| Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 0031-9007 1079-7114 |
| DOI: | 10.1103/physrevlett.85.4422 |