Co-propagating Bose-Einstein condensates and electromagnetic radiation: formation of mutually localized structures
Journal article, 2010

A semi-classical model is derived for describing the interaction between coherent electromagnetic radiation and a Bose-Einstein condensate in the limit of zero temperature, including the back action of the atoms on the radiation. This model is used to analyse the problem of the self-consistent evolution of a laser beam and a BEC atomic beam. The mutual propagation is studied numerically and demonstrates not only the possibility of a stationary regime of mutual guiding, but also of generating a collapse-like phenomenon.

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Author

F. Cattani

University of Oxford

A. Kim

Russian Academy of Sciences

Dan Anderson

Chalmers, Department of Radio and Space Science, Non-Linear Electrodynamics

Mietek Lisak

Chalmers, Department of Radio and Space Science, Non-Linear Electrodynamics

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

0953-4075 (ISSN) 13616455 (eISSN)

Vol. 43 8 085301

Subject Categories

Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics

DOI

10.1088/0953-4075/43/8/085301

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