Output from an atom laser: theory vs. experiment

Authors
Schneider, J Schenzle, A
Citation
J. Schneider et A. Schenzle, Output from an atom laser: theory vs. experiment, APP PHYS B, 69(5-6), 1999, pp. 353-356
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS
ISSN journal
09462171 → ACNP
Volume
69
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
1999
Pages
353 - 356
Database
ISI
SICI code
0946-2171(199911/12)69:5-6<353:OFAALT>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Atom lasers based on rf-outcoupling can be described by a set of coupled ge neralized Gross-Pitaevskii equations (GPE). We compare the theoretical pred ictions obtained by numerically integrating the time-dependent GPE of an ef fective one-dimensional model with recently measured experimental data for the F = 2 and F = 1 states of Rb-87. We conclude that the output of a rf at om-laser can be described by this model in a satisfactory way.