Nonlinear modes of a macroscopic quantum oscillator

Date

2001

Authors

Alexander, Tristram J
Turitsyn, S
Kivshar, Yuri

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Elsevier

Abstract

We consider the Bose-Einstein condensate in a parabolic trap as a macroscopic quantum oscillator and describe, analytically and numerically, its collective modes - a nonlinear generalisation of the (symmetric and antisymmetric) Hermite-Gauss eigenmodes of a harmonic quantum oscillator.

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Keywords: analytic method; article; control system; linear system; magnetic field; oscillator; quantum mechanics; spin trapping

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Physics Letters A

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Journal article

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