{
  "id": "cond-mat/0701420",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2007-01-17T19:00:59.000Z",
  "updated": "2007-01-17T19:00:59.000Z",
  "title": "Visibility of a Bose-condensed gas released from an optical lattice at finite temperatures",
  "authors": [
    "Fabrice Gerbier",
    "Simon Foelling",
    "Artur Widera",
    "Immanuel Bloch"
  ],
  "comment": "Response to cond-mat/0609685; 5pages, 2 figures",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.stat-mech"
  ],
  "abstract": "In response to a recent manuscript [cond-mat/0609685] on the analysis of interference patterns produced by ultracold atoms released from an optical lattice, we point out that in the presence of a Bose-Einstein condensate the interference pattern can be strongly modified by interaction effects and the presence of a harmonic trap superimposed on the lattice potential. Our results show that the visibility of the interference pattern is significant only if a sizeable condensate fraction is present in the trap.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2007-01-17T19:00:59.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "optical lattice",
      "finite temperatures",
      "bose-condensed gas",
      "visibility",
      "bose-einstein condensate"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 5,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2007cond.mat..1420G"
    }
  }
}