Asymmetric Tunneling of Bose-Einstein Condensates

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Asymmetric Tunneling of Bose-Einstein Condensates
المؤلفون: Lindberg, Dustin R., Gaaloul, Naceur, Kaplan, Lev, Williams, Jason R., Schlippert, Dennis, Boegel, Patrick, Rasel, Ernst-Maria, Bondar, Denys I.
المصدر: J. Phys. B 56, 025302 (2023)
سنة النشر: 2021
المجموعة: Condensed Matter
Physics (Other)
Quantum Physics
مصطلحات موضوعية: Condensed Matter - Quantum Gases, Physics - Atomic Physics, Quantum Physics
الوصف: In his celebrated textbook, \textit{Quantum Mechanics: Nonrelativistic Theory}, Landau argued that, for single particle systems in 1D, tunneling probability remains the same for a particle incident from the left or the right of a barrier. This left-right symmetry of tunneling probability holds regardless of the shape of the potential barrier. However, there are a variety of known cases that break this symmetry, e.g. when observing composite particles. We computationally (and analytically, in the simplest case) show this breaking of the left-right tunneling symmetry for Bose-Einstein condensates (BEC) in 1D, modelled by the Gross-Pitaevskii equation (GPE). By varying $g$, the parameter of inter-particle interaction in the BEC, we demonstrate that the transition from symmetric ($g=0$) to asymmetric tunneling is a threshold phenomenon. Our computations employ experimentally feasible parameters such that these results may be experimentally demonstrated in the near future. We conclude by suggesting applications of the phenomena to design atomtronic diodes, synthetic gauge fields, Maxwell's demons, and black-hole analogues.
Comment: 15 pages, 16 figures
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6455/acae50
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/2110.15298
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.2110.15298
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv
الوصف
DOI:10.1088/1361-6455/acae50