Resonant tunneling of ultracold atoms through vacuum induced potentials. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • We demonstrate resonant tunneling of ultracold atoms through potentials produced by the interaction of atoms with the vacuum field of a system of cavities. We show the close connection of the transmission characteristics to the resonant states in vacuum induced potentials. Transmission of cold atoms, though sharing some features with tunneling in finite semiconductor superlattices, is strongly dependent on the coherent addition of amplitudes from various wells and barriers.

published proceedings

  • Phys Rev Lett

author list (cited authors)

  • Agarwal, G. S., & Arun, R.

citation count

  • 13

complete list of authors

  • Agarwal, GS||Arun, R

publication date

  • May 2000