Expansion Dynamics of a Shell-Shaped Bose-Einstein Condensate
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Published on: May 9, 2021
Fan Jia1, Zerong Huang1, Liyuan Qiu1
1Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Abstract:
We report the creation of a shell BEC in the presence of Earth's gravity with immiscible dual-species BECs of sodium and rubidium atoms. After minimizing the displacement between the centers of mass of the two BECs with a magic-wavelength optical dipole trap, the interspecies repulsive interaction ensures the formation of a closed shell of sodium atoms with its center filled by rubidium atoms. Releasing the double BEC together from the trap, we observe explosion of the filled shell accompanied by energy transfer from the inner BEC to the shell BEC. With the inner BEC removed, we obtain a hollow shell BEC that shows self-interference as a manifestation of implosion. Our results pave an alternative way for investigating many of the intriguing physics offered by shell BECs.
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