Optically induced polarons in Bose-Einstein condensates: Monitoring composite quasiparticle decay

I. E. Mazets*, G. Kurizki, N. Katz, N. Davidson

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Abstract

Nonresonant light scattering off atomic Bose-Einstein condensates is predicted to give rise to hitherto unexplored composite quasiparticles: unstable polarons, i.e., local "impurities" dressed by virtual phonons. Optical monitoring of their spontaneous decay can display either Zeno or anti-Zeno deviations from the golden rule, and thereby probe the temporal correlations of elementary excitations in the condensates.

Original languageAmerican English
Article number190403
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume94
Issue number19
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 May 2005
Externally publishedYes

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