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Bistability of material waves in an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate in a magnetic interferometer

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It is shown theoretically that, upon filling a ring cavity (a loop magnetic waveguide) with an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC), a hysteresis dependence of the atomic number density inside the cavity on the atomic flux introduced into the cavity from the outside appears. Main parameters of the measuring system being proposed are determined: the reflectance of the magnetic mirror through which the condensate is introduced, the length of the ring cavity, and the strength of the constant magnetic field governing the BEC velocity in the cavity.

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  1. Vavilov State Optical Institute, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia

    N. N. Rozanov, V. A. Smirnov & S. V. Fedorov

  2. St. Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics, and Optics, St. Petersburg, 197101, Russia

    N. N. Rozanov, V. A. Smirnov & S. V. Fedorov

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Original Russian Text © N.N. Rozanov, V.A. Smirnov, S.V. Fedorov, 2007, published in Optika i Spektroskopiya, 2007, Vol. 103, No. 3, pp. 511–514.

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Rozanov, N.N., Smirnov, V.A. & Fedorov, S.V. Bistability of material waves in an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate in a magnetic interferometer. Opt. Spectrosc. 103, 496–499 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0030400X07090196

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