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Matter-wave scattering from interacting bosons in an optical lattice

arXiv:1406.6303 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.90.023629

Abstract

We study the scattering of matter-waves from interacting bosons in a one-dimensional optical lattice, described by the Bose-Hubbard Hamiltonian. We derive analytically a formula for the inelastic cross section as a function of the atomic interaction in the lattice, employing Bogoliubov's formalism for small condensate depletion. A linear decay of the inelastic cross section for weak interaction, independent of number of particles, condensate depletion and system size, is found.

12 pages, 11 figures

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