128 research outputs found
Effects of Peer Mentoring on Types of Mentor Support, Program Satisfaction and Graduate Student Stress: A Dyadic Perspective
Examines the effects of a graduate student peer-mentoring program from the perspectives of both members of the mentoring dyad, the mentors and proteges. Results indicate that peer mentoring provides students with both increased levels of psychosocial and instrumental support, and that those with high levels of support are more satisfied with their peer mentoring relationships
Dressed States of a two component Bose-Einstein Condensate
A condensate with two internal states coupled by external electromagnetic
radiation, is described by coupled Gross Pitaevskii equations, whose
eigenstates are analogous to the dressed states of quantum optics. We solve for
these eigenstates numerically in the case of one spatial dimension, and explore
their properties as a function of system parameters. In contrast to the quantum
optical case, the condensate dressed states exhibit spatial behaviour which
depends on the system parameters, and can be manipulated by changing the cw
external field.Comment: 6 pages, including 6 figures. This paper was presented at ACOLS98,
and is submitted to a special issue of J. Opt.
Recent Experiments with Bose-Condensed Gases at JILA
We consider a binary mixture of two overlapping Bose-Einstein condensates in
two different hyperfine states of \Rb87 with nearly identical magnetic moments.
Such a system has been simply realized through application of radiofrequency
and microwave radiation which drives a two-photon transition between the two
states. The nearly identical magnetic moments afford a high degree of spatial
overlap, permitting a variety of new experiments. We discuss some of the
conditions under which the magnetic moments are identical, with particular
emphasis placed on the requirements for a time-averaged orbiting potential
(TOP) magnetic trap.Comment: 9 pages, 5 figures; corrected post-publication editio
Master-slave principle applied to an electrically tunable swept source-OCT system
In this communication, we evaluate the suitability of Master-Slave (MS) optical coherence tomography (OCT) for processing of interferograms generated by an interferometer driven by an akinetic, electrically-tunable swept source from Insight with an ultra-large instantaneous coherence length. The akinetic source is programmed to sweep linearly, but within the sweep, at predictable times, the laser tuning introduces invalid regions in the interferogram, which are normally removed post-acquisition using a pre-calibration file. This makes sure that any optical frequency component is used once only and enables correct operation of a Fourier transform (FT). A FT applied to an unprocessed emitted spectrum leads to wide and numerous peaks in the A-scan. MS processing was introduced to avoid the necessary corrections demanded by conventional FT signal processing or its derivatives. The MS procedure consists of comparing photo-detected signals at the output of two interferometers, a Slave and a Master interferometer. The MS method was advanced along two avenues, either by using (i) electricallygenerated master signals (making use of the same interferometer twice) or (ii) optically-generated master signal via a recently introduced MS down-conversion procedure. We apply both avenues to the Insight source. Approach (i) tests the MS principle as an alternative to the Insight file correction while (ii) demonstrates near coherencelimited operation at a large axial range (>80 mm) for which a too-high sampling rate digitizer would have been needed. In this communication, we evaluate for the first time the suitability of the MS procedure to OCT measurements performed with the akinetic swept source commercialized by Insight. Two modalities are evaluated to implement the MS processing, based on: (i) digital generation of the master signals using the OCT interferometer and (ii) down conversion using a second interferometer driven by the swept source
Momentum distribution of confined bosons: temperature dependence
The momentum distribution function of a parabolically confined gas of bosons
with harmonic interparticle interactions is derived. In the Bose-Einstein
condensation region, this momentum distribution substantially deviates from a
Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution. It is argued that the determination of the
temperature of the boson gas from the Bose-Einstein momentum distribution
function is more appropriate than the currently used fitting to the high
momentum tail of the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution.Comment: 5 REVTEX pages + 2 postscript figures. Accepted in Phys. Rev.
Bose-Einstein condensation in a stiff TOP trap with adjustable geometry
We report on the realisation of a stiff magnetic trap with independently
adjustable trap frequencies, and , in the axial and radial
directions respectively. This has been achieved by applying an axial modulation
to a Time-averaged Orbiting Potential (TOP) trap. The frequency ratio of the
trap, , can be decreased continuously from the original
TOP trap value of 2.83 down to 1.6. We have transferred a Bose-Einstein
condensate (BEC) into this trap and obtained very good agreement between its
observed anisotropic expansion and the hydrodynamic predictions. Our method can
be extended to obtain a spherical trapping potential, which has a geometry of
particular theoretical interest.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Bose-Einstein condensation in shallow traps
In this paper we study the properties of Bose-Einstein condensates in shallow
traps. We discuss the case of a Gaussian potential, but many of our results
apply also to the traps having a small quadratic anharmonicity. We show the
errors introduced when a Gaussian potential is approximated with a parabolic
potential, these errors can be quite large for realistic optical trap parameter
values. We study the behavior of the condensate fraction as a function of trap
depth and temperature and calculate the chemical potential of the condensate in
a Gaussian trap. Finally we calculate the frequencies of the collective
excitations in shallow spherically symmetric and 1D traps.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
Quantum Dynamics of Three Coupled Atomic Bose-Einstein Condensates
The simplest model of three coupled Bose-Einstein Condensates (BEC) is
investigated using a group theoretical method. The stationary solutions are
determined using the SU(3) group under the mean field approximation. This
semiclassical analysis using the system symmetries shows a transition in the
dynamics of the system from self trapping to delocalization at a critical value
for the coupling between the condensates. The global dynamics are investigated
by examination of the stable points and our analysis shows the structure of the
stable points depends on the ratio of the condensate coupling to the
particle-particle interaction, undergoes bifurcations as this ratio is varied.
This semiclassical model is compared to a full quantum treatment, which also
displays the dynamical transition. The quantum case has collapse and revival
sequences superposed on the semiclassical dynamics reflecting the underlying
discreteness of the spectrum. Non-zero circular current states are also
demonstrated as one of the higher dimensional effects displayed in this system.Comment: Accepted to PR
Revealing the Superfluid Lambda Transition in the Universal Thermodynamics of a Unitary Fermi Gas
We have observed the superfluid phase transition in a strongly interacting
Fermi gas via high-precision measurements of the local compressibility, density
and pressure down to near-zero entropy. Our data completely determine the
universal thermodynamics of strongly interacting fermions without any fit or
external thermometer. The onset of superfluidity is observed in the
compressibility, the chemical potential, the entropy, and the heat capacity. In
particular, the heat capacity displays a characteristic lambda-like feature at
the critical temperature of . This is the first clear
thermodynamic signature of the superfluid transition in a spin-balanced atomic
Fermi gas. Our measurements provide a benchmark for many-body theories on
strongly interacting fermions, relevant for problems ranging from
high-temperature superconductivity to the equation of state of neutron stars.Comment: 11 pages, 8 figure
The Energy of a Trapped Interacting Bose Gas
A Bose gas in an external potential is studied by means of the semi-classical
approximation. Analytical results are derived for the energy of an interacting
Bose gas in a generic power-law trapping potential. An expression for the
chemical potential below the critical temperature is also obtained. The
theoretical results are in qualitative agreement with a recent energy
measurement.Comment: 6 pages, REVTex, one figure
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