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Title
Polaronic properties of an impurity in a Bose-Einstein condensate in reduced dimensions
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Abstract
The application of optical lattices allows a tuning of the geometry of Bose-Einstein condensates to effectively reduced dimensions. In the context of solid-state physics the consideration of the low-dimensional Fröhlich polaron results in an extension of the polaronic strong coupling regime. With this motivation we apply the Jensen-Feynman variational principle to calculate the ground-state properties of the polaron consisting of an impurity in a Bose-Einstein condensate in reduced dimensions. Also the response of this system to Bragg scattering is calculated. We show that reducing the dimension leads to a larger amplitude of the polaronic features and is expected to facilitate the experimental observation of polaronic properties. In optical lattices not only Feshbach resonances but also confinement-induced resonances can be used to tune the polaronic coupling strength. This opens up the possibility to experimentally reveal the intermediate and strong polaronic coupling regimes and resolve outstanding theoretical questions regarding polaron theory.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Physical review : A : atomic, molecular and optical physics. - Lancaster, Pa, 1990 - 2015
Physical review : A : atomic, molecular and optical physics. - Lancaster, Pa, 1990 - 2015
Publication
Lancaster, Pa : 2012
ISSN
1094-1622 [online]
1050-2947 [print]
Volume/pages
86 :4 (2012) , 10 p.
Article Reference
043614
ISI
000309773600005
Medium
E-only publicatie
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Project info
Dynamic effects in coupled superconductor-ferromagnet nanosystems.
Superfluid properties of mixtures of ultracold atomic gases.
Quantum simulation of polaronic effects in quantum gases.
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Web of Science
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Last edited 17.12.2021
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