Publication: Multimode Dynamics and Emergence of a Characteristic Length Scale in a One-Dimensional Quantum System
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2013
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Kuhnert, M., R. Geiger, T. Langen, M. Gring, B. Rauer, T. Kitagawa, E. Demler, D. Adu Smith, and J. Schmiedmayer. 2013. Multimode Dynamics and Emergence of a Characteristic Length Scale in a One-Dimensional Quantum System. Physical Review Letters 110, no. 9: 090405.
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We study the nonequilibrium dynamics of a coherently split one-dimensional Bose gas by measuring the full probability distribution functions of matter-wave interference. Observing the system on different length scales allows us to probe the dynamics of excitations on different energy scales, revealing two distinct length-scale-dependent regimes of relaxation. We measure the crossover length scale separating these two regimes and identify it with the prethermalized phase-correlation length of the system. Our approach enables a direct observation of the multimode dynamics characterizing one-dimensional quantum systems.
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