Observation of an inverse turbulent-wave cascade in a driven quantum gas
We observe an inverse turbulent-wave cascade, from small to large length scales, in a driven homogeneous 2D Bose gas. Starting with an equilibrium condensate, we drive the gas isotropically on a length scale much smaller than its size, and observe a nonthermal population of modes with wavelengths la...
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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9 December 2024
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Physical review letters
Year: 2024, Volume: 133, Issue: 24, Pages: 1-6 |
| ISSN: | 1079-7114 |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.243402 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.243402 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.243402 
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| Author Notes: | Andrey Karailiev, Martin Gazo, Maciej Gałka, Christoph Eigen, Tanish Satoor, and Zoran Hadzibabic |
| Summary: | We observe an inverse turbulent-wave cascade, from small to large length scales, in a driven homogeneous 2D Bose gas. Starting with an equilibrium condensate, we drive the gas isotropically on a length scale much smaller than its size, and observe a nonthermal population of modes with wavelengths larger than the drive one. At long drive times, the gas exhibits a steady nonthermal momentum distribution. At length scales increasing from the drive one to the system size, this distribution features in turn: (i) a power-law spectrum with an exponent close to the analytical result for a particle cascade in weak-wave turbulence, and (ii) a spectrum reminiscent of a nonthermal fixed point associated with universal coarsening in an isolated 2D gas. In further experiments, based on anisotropic driving, we reveal the complete qualitative picture of how the steady-state cascade forms. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 07.03.2025 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1079-7114 |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.243402 |