Dynamics of multi-component matter waves

多成分物质波的动力学。最近在弱相互作用超冷气体中观察到的玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚（BEC）为相干物质波光学领域打开了大门。当用平均场方法处理BEC时，方程类似于光在非线性介质中传播的方程。这个项目的主要目的是把我们广泛而深入的非线性光学专业知识裸露在多组分BEC类系统的经典非线性动力学。预期的结果是在原子激光器，混合原子-分子玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚体和光学晶格中的碎片玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚体的动力学的理论理解的世界领导地位。

Dynamics of multi-component matter waves. The recent observation of Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) in weakly interacting ultracold gases has opened the door to the field of coherent matter-wave optics. When the BEC is treated within a mean-field approach the equations resemble those for the propagation of light in nonlinear media. The main aim of this project is to bring our broad and deep nonlinear optical expertise to bare on the classical nonlinear dynamics of multi-component BEC like systems. The expected outcome is a position of world leadership in the theoretical understanding of the dynamics of atom lasers, mixed atom-molecule BECs, and fragmented BECs in optical lattices.