Adiabaticity and Localization in One-Dimensional Incommensurate Lattices

作者:Edwards E E*; Beeler M; Hong Tao; Rolston S L
来源:Physical Review Letters, 2008, 101(26): 260402.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.260402

摘要

We experimentally investigate the role of localization on the adiabaticity of loading a Bose-Einstein condensate into a one-dimensional optical potential comprised of a shallow primary lattice plus one or two perturbing lattice(s) of incommensurate period. We find that even a very weak perturbation causes dramatic changes in the momentum distribution and makes adiabatic loading of the combined lattice much more difficult than for a single period lattice. We interpret our results using a band-structure model and the one-dimensional Gross-Pitaevskii equation.

  • 出版日期2008-12-31

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