We report the experimental observation of St¨uckelberg oscillations of matterwaves in optical lattices. Extending previous work on Landau-Zener tunneling of Bose-Einstein condensates in optical lattices, we study the effects of the accumulated phase between two successive crossings of the Brillouin zone edge. Our results agree well with a simple model for multiple Landau-Zener tunneling events taking into account the band structure of the optical lattice.
Observation of Stückelberg oscillations in accelerated optical lattices
CIAMPINI, DONATELLA;ARIMONDO, ENNIO
2010-01-01
Abstract
We report the experimental observation of St¨uckelberg oscillations of matterwaves in optical lattices. Extending previous work on Landau-Zener tunneling of Bose-Einstein condensates in optical lattices, we study the effects of the accumulated phase between two successive crossings of the Brillouin zone edge. Our results agree well with a simple model for multiple Landau-Zener tunneling events taking into account the band structure of the optical lattice.File in questo prodotto:
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