Transport of a single cold ion immersed in a Bose-Einstein condensate

• Published in: arXiv.org
• Main Authors: Dieterle, Thomas, Berngruber, Moritz, Hölzl, Christian, Löw, Robert, Jachymski, Krzysztof, Pfau, Tilman, Meinert, Florian
• Format: Paper Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 19.11.2020
• Subjects: Atomic collisions; Bose-Einstein condensates; Collision rates; Electric fields; Energy conservation; Impurities; Ion recombination; Kinetic energy; Physics - Atomic Physics; Physics - Quantum Gases; Scattering cross sections; Trajectory measurement; Transport properties

We investigate transport dynamics of a single low-energy ionic impurity in a Bose-Einstein condensate. The impurity is implanted into the condensate starting from a single Rydberg excitation, which is ionized by a sequence of fast electric field pulses aiming to minimize the ion's initial kinet...