https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2005-00071-3
Geometric phase in a Bose-Einstein-Josephson junction
The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai 600 113,
India
Corresponding author: a radha@imsc.res.in
Received:
30
August
2004
Revised:
12
January
2005
Published online:
24
May
2005
We calculate the geometric phase associated with the time evolution of the wave function of a Bose-Einstein condensate system in a double-well trap by using a model for tunneling between the wells. For a cyclic evolution, this phase is shown to be half the solid angle subtended by the evolution of a unit vector whose z-component and azimuthal angle are given, respectively, by the population difference and phase difference between the two condensates. For a non-cyclic evolution, an additional phase term arises. We show that the geometric phase can also be obtained by mapping the tunneling equations on to the equations of a space curve. The importance of a geometric phase in the context of some recent experiments is pointed out.
PACS: 02.40.Hw – Classical differential geometry / 05.45.-a – Nonlinear dynamics and nonlinear dynamical systems
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