Abstract
Several experimental groups are currently working towards realizing quasi-one-dimensional (1D) atom de Broglie waveguides and loading them with ultracold atoms. The dynamics becomes truly ID in a regime (Tonks gas) of low temperatures and densities, and large positive scattering lengths for which the transverse mode becomes frozen, in which case the many-body Schrödinger dynamics becomes exactly soluble via a Fermi-Bose mapping theorem. In this paper we review our recent work on the exact ground state and quantum dynamics of 1D Tonks gases and assess the possibility of approaching the Tonks regime using Bessel beam optical dipole traps.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 8-20 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Laser Physics |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2002 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Instrumentation
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering