超冷费米气体研究的新进展

近几年,人们在超冷费米气体的实验和理论研究方面取得了一系列激动人心的进展,比如分子玻色—爱因斯坦凝聚的成功实现和BCS-BEC渡越过程的大量研究。在本文中,我们对超冷费米气体中的这些进展进行了介绍,并讨论了今后几年的发展趋势。     

三维光晶格中玻色凝聚气体基态波函数及干涉演化

基于Gross-Pitaevskii方程，运用有效化学势概念，研究了囚禁在组合势(由磁阱和三维光 晶格组成)中玻色凝聚气体在三维光晶格中的分布规律，并由此得到玻色凝聚气体的归 一化基态波函数.在取消组合势和仅取消光晶格而保留磁阱的两种情况下，运用传播子方 法求解出玻色凝聚气体密度分布的解析表达式.取消组合势后，理论计算所得到的玻色凝聚 气体聚随时间的演化规律与Greiner等的实验结果相一致.仅取消光晶格而保留磁阱时，研 究表明玻色凝聚气体的干涉模式呈现周期性的振荡行为.此外，在磁阱为各向异性的情况下 ， 关键词： 玻色凝聚气体 磁阱 光晶格 干涉模式     

Bose-Einstein Condensates in a One-Dimensional Optical Lattice: from Superfluidity to Number-Squeezed States

We study the phase coherence property of Bose-Einstein condensates confined in a one-dimensional optical lattice formed by a standing-wave laser field. The lattice depth is determined using a method of Kapitza-Dirac scattering between a condensate and a short pulse lattice potential. Condensates are then adiabatically loaded into the optical lattice. The phase coherence property of the confined condensates is reflected by the interference patterns of the expanded atomic cloud released from the optical lattice. For weak lattice, nearly all of the atoms stay in a superfluid state. However, as the lattice depth is increased, the phase coherence of the whole condensate sample is gradually lost, which confirms that the sub-condensates in each lattice well have evolved into number-squeezed states.     

Evolution and Collision of Bose-Condensed Gases in an Infinitely Deep Square Well

The evolution and collision of Bose-condensed gases in one-dimensional optical lattices are investigated in the presence of an infinitely deep square well created by two far-off resonant laser beams.The two far-off resonant laser beams are superimposed on the combined potential consisting of a magnetic trap and one-dimensional optical lattices.After the combined potential is switched off,the analytical result of the evolution of the density distribution of the Bose-condensed gas is given by using the propagator method.The collisions between the condensate and the infinitely deep square well are shown in the present work.     

Evolution and Collision of Bose—Condensed Gas in One—Dimensional Optical Lattices and a Far—Off Resonant Laser Beam

Evolution of a Bose-condensed gas in one-dimensional optical lattices is investigated in the presence of a potentialbarrier created by a far-off resonant laser beam. After the magnetic trap and optical lattices are switched off,by using the propagator method, the analytical result of the evolution of the density distribution of the Bose-condensed gas is given. In particular, the collision between the condensate and the potential barrier is shown inthis paper.     

Matter wave interference of dilute Bose gases in the critical regime

Ultra-cold atomic gases provide a new chance to study the universal critical behavior of phase transition. We study theoretically the matter wave interference for ultra-cold Bose gases in the critical regime. We demonstrate that the interference in the momentum distribution can be used to extract the correlation in the Bose gas. A simple relation between the interference visibility and the correlation length is found and used to interpret the pioneering experiment about the critical behavior of dilute Bose gases [Science 315 1556(2007)]. Our theory paves the way to experimentally study various types of ultra-cold atomic gases with the means of matter wave interference.     

Low-Energy Collective Excitation of Bose-Einstein Condensates in an Anisotropic Magnetic Trap

We experimentally investigate the collective excitation of 87Rb Bose-Einstein condensates confined in a cigarshaped magnetic trap （QUIC trap）. Using a method of magnetic perturbation, the center-of-mass oscillation of the condensate is excited, so that the radial trapping frequency of the QUIC trap can be precisely determined. A high-order excitation, characterized by a fast shape oscillation, also occurs simultaneously, with a noticeable damping in the oscillation amplitude compared with the oscillation of the center of mass. The measured oscillation frequencies, associated with these two low-energy excitation modes, agree well with theoretical predictions based on the Gross-Pitaevskii equation.     

超冷费米气体研究的新进展

近几年,人们在超冷费米气体的实验和理论研究方面取得了一系列激动人心的进展,比如分子玻色—爱因斯坦凝聚的成功实现和BCS-BEC渡越过程的大量研究。在本文中,我们对超冷费米气体中的这些进展进行了介绍,并讨论了今后几年的发展趋势。     

冷85Rb原子D2线电磁诱导透明的实验研究

对85Rb原子D2线三能级系统的电磁诱导透明进行了详细的实验研究.得到了不同耦合强度下探测光的吸收线型,并对气室中热原子与磁光阱中冷原子的电磁诱导透明光谱进行了比较.