We numerically analyze the dynamic behavior of Bose–Einstein condensate(BEC)in a one-dimensional disordered potential before it completely loses spatial quantum coherence.We find that both the disorder statistics and...We numerically analyze the dynamic behavior of Bose–Einstein condensate(BEC)in a one-dimensional disordered potential before it completely loses spatial quantum coherence.We find that both the disorder statistics and the atom interactions produce remarkable effects on localization.We also find that the single phase of the initial condensate is broken into many small pieces while the system approaches localization,showing a counter-intuitive step-wise phase but not a thoroughly randomized phase.Although the condensates as a whole show less flow and expansion,the currents between adjacent phase steps retain strong time dependence.Thus we show explicitly that the localization of a finite size Bose–Einstein condensate is a dynamic equilibrium state.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.10974211the National Basic Research Program of China under Grant No.2011CB921504the Research Project of Shanghai Science and Technology Commission under Grant Nos.09DJ1400700 and 10DJ1400600.
文摘We numerically analyze the dynamic behavior of Bose–Einstein condensate(BEC)in a one-dimensional disordered potential before it completely loses spatial quantum coherence.We find that both the disorder statistics and the atom interactions produce remarkable effects on localization.We also find that the single phase of the initial condensate is broken into many small pieces while the system approaches localization,showing a counter-intuitive step-wise phase but not a thoroughly randomized phase.Although the condensates as a whole show less flow and expansion,the currents between adjacent phase steps retain strong time dependence.Thus we show explicitly that the localization of a finite size Bose–Einstein condensate is a dynamic equilibrium state.