Measurement of quantum depletion in a homogeneous Bose-Einstein condensate

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Abstract

Using momentum selective Bragg scattering we measure the condensed fraction of a strongly interacting homogeneous BEC. When adiabatically increasing the scattering length, we see that the condensed fraction decreases linearly with $\sqrt{na^3}$ (where $n$ is the density), in excellent agreement with the Bogoliubov theory of quantum depletion. We also show the reversibility of this process by adiabatically reducing the scattering length.

Authors

  • Raphael Lopes

    • Univ of Cambridge
    • University of Cambridge
  • Christoph Eigen

    • Univ of Cambridge
  • Nir Navon

    • Univ of Cambridge
  • Robert Smith

    • Univ of Cambridge
  • Zoran Hadzibabic

    • Univ of Cambridge