• DocumentCode
    2672434
  • Title

    Collapse of a homogeneous Bose-Einstein condensate

  • Author

    Chin, J.K. ; Vogels, J.M. ; Mukaiyama, T. ; Xu, K. ; Abo-Shaeer, J.R. ; Miller, D.E. ; Ketterle, W.

  • Author_Institution
    MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    6-6 June 2003
  • Abstract
    We probe the collapse of large attractive Bose-Einstein condensates. We observe the amplification of a local instability by seeding a momentum state p and switching the scattering length negative via a Feshbach resonance. We also observe the appearance of atoms in the conjugate momentum state.
  • Keywords
    Bose-Einstein condensation; radiation pressure; resonant states; Bose-Einstein condensates; Feshbach resonance; conjugate momentum state; local instability; optical trapping; scattering length; Atom optics; Atomic measurements; Charge carrier processes; Chemicals; Hydrogen; Laser excitation; Optical scattering; Probes; Resonance; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, 2003. QELS. Postconference Digest
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-749-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2003.238226
  • Filename
    1276432