Beyond standard two-mode dynamics in Bosonic Josephson junctions
arXiv:1012.1023 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.82.063626
Abstract
We examine the dynamics of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a symmetric double-well potential for a broad range of non-linear couplings. We demonstrate the existence of a region, beyond those of Josephson oscillations and self-trapping, which involves the dynamical excitation of the third mode of the double-well potential. We develop a simple semiclassical model for the coupling between the second and third modes that describes very satisfactorily the full time-dependent dynamics. Experimental conditions are proposed to probe this phenomenon.
Accepted for publication Phys. Rev. A
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