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Hartung, Michael ; Wellens, Thomas ; Müller, Cord A. ; Richter, Klaus ; Schlagheck, Peter

Coherent Backscattering of Bose-Einstein Condensates in Two-Dimensional Disorder Potentials

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Hartung, Michael, Wellens, Thomas, Müller, Cord A. , Richter, Klaus and Schlagheck, Peter (2008) Coherent Backscattering of Bose-Einstein Condensates in Two-Dimensional Disorder Potentials. Physical Review Letters (PRL) 101 (2), 020603.

DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.7814


Abstract

We study quantum transport of an interacting Bose-Einstein condensate in a two-dimensional disorder potential. In the limit of a vanishing atom-atom interaction, a sharp cone in the angle-resolved density of the scattered matter wave is observed, arising from constructive interference between amplitudes propagating along reversed scattering paths. Weak interaction transforms this coherent ...

We study quantum transport of an interacting Bose-Einstein condensate in a two-dimensional disorder potential. In the limit of a vanishing atom-atom interaction, a sharp cone in the angle-resolved density of the scattered matter wave is observed, arising from constructive interference between amplitudes propagating along reversed scattering paths. Weak interaction transforms this coherent backscattering peak into a pronounced dip, indicating destructive instead of constructive interference. We reproduce this result, obtained from the numerical integration of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation, by a diagrammatic theory of weak localization in the presence of nonlinearity.



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Item typeArticle
Journal or Publication TitlePhysical Review Letters (PRL)
PublisherAMER PHYSICAL SOC
Place of PublicationCOLLEGE PK
Volume101
Number of Issue or Book Chapter2
Page Range020603
Date11 July 2008
Date of publication05 Aug 2009 13:57
InstitutionsPhysics > Institute of Theroretical Physics
Physics > Institute of Theroretical Physics > Chair Professor Richter > Group Klaus Richter
Identification Number
ValueType
10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.020603DOI
0804.3723arXiv ID
Classification
NotationType
05.60.GgPACS
03.75.KkPACS
67.85.-dPACS
72.15.RnPACS
KeywordsWEAK-LOCALIZATION; ANDERSON LOCALIZATION; MEDIA; WAVES; LIGHT;
Dewey Decimal Classification500 Science > 530 Physics
StatusPublished
RefereedYes, this version has been refereed
Created at the University of RegensburgYes
URN of the UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-78141
Item ID7814

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