Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-1-2009
Publication Title
Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Abstract
We study interacting bosons in optical lattices in the weak-tunneling regime in systems that exhibit the coexistence of Mott-insulating and condensed phases. We discuss the nature of the condensed ground state in this regime and the validity of the mean-field treatment thereof. We suggest two experimental signatures of condensate order in the system. (1) We analyze the hyperfine configuration of the system and propose a set of experimental parameters for observing radio-frequency spectra that would demonstrate the existence of the condensed phase between Mott-insulating phases. We derive the structure of the signal from the condensate in a typical trapped system, taking into account Goldstone excitations, and discuss its evolution as a function of temperature. (2) We study matter-wave interference patterns displayed by the system upon release from all confining potentials. We show that as the density profiles evolve very differently for the Mott-insulating phase and the condensed phase, they can be distinguished from one another when the two phases coexist.
Volume
79
Issue
4
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevA.79.043422
ISSN
10502947
Rights
©2009 American Physical Society
Recommended Citation
Sun, Kuei; Lannert, Courtney; and Vishveshwara, Smitha, "Probing Condensate Order in Deep Optical Lattices" (2009). Physics: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/phy_facpubs/65
Comments
Archived as published.