Phase slips and vortex dynamics in Josephson oscillations between Bose-Einstein condensates
We study the relation between Josephson dynamics and topological excitations in a dilute Bose-Einstein condensate confined in a double-well trap. We show that the phase slips responsible for the self-trapping regime are created by vortex rings entering and annihilating inside the weak-link region or...
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| Format: | Article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication date: | 2015 |
| Country: | Argentina |
| Institution: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repository: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/77200 |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/77200 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Phase-Slips Vortex Josephson Bose-Einstein Condensates https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 |
| Summary: | We study the relation between Josephson dynamics and topological excitations in a dilute Bose-Einstein condensate confined in a double-well trap. We show that the phase slips responsible for the self-trapping regime are created by vortex rings entering and annihilating inside the weak-link region or created at the center of the barrier and expanding outside the system. Large amplitude oscillations just before the onset of self-trapping are also strictly connected with the dynamics of vortex rings at the edges of the inter-well barrier. Our results extend and analyze the dynamics of the vortex-induced phase slippages suggested a few decades ago in relation to the "ac" Josephson effect of superconducting and superfluid helium systems. |
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