2000/12/21 by Kerson Huang, Huang, Kerson
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Condensed Matter (cond-mat) #FOS: Physical sciences #Quantum optics and atomic interactions #cond-mat
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0012418
21 pages, 18 eps figures; email to [email protected] ; Expanded version of an invited talk given at the third joint meeting of Chinese physicists worldwide, Chinese University of Hong Kong, August, 2000
arxiv created 2000/12/21 · openalex publication_date 2000/12/21 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The Bose-Einstein condensates recently created in trapped atomic gases are mesoscopic systems, in two senses: (a) Their size fall between macroscopic and microscopic systems; (b) They have a quantum phase that can be manipulated in experiments. We review the theoretical and experimental facts about trapped atomic gases, and give examples that emphasize their mesoscopic characters. One is the dynamics of collapse of a condensate with attractive interactions. The other is the creation of a 1D kink soliton that can be used as a mode-locked atom laser.