Modulation stabilization of Bloch oscillations of two-component Bose–Einstein condensates in optical lattices

Abstract

We study the Bloch oscillations (BOs) of two-component Bose–Einstein condensates (BECs) trapped in spin-dependent optical lattices. Based on the derived equations of motion of the wave packet in the basis of localized wavefunctions of the lattice sites, the damping effect induced by the intercomponent and intracomponent interactions to the BOs is explored analytically and numerically. We also show that such damping of the BOs can be suppressed entirely if all the atom–atom interactions are modulated synchronously and harmonically in time with suitable frequency via the Feshbach resonance. When the intercomponent and the intracomponent interactions have opposite signs, we find that the long-lived BOs and even the revival of the BOs can be achieved via only statically modulating the configuration of optical lattices. The results provide a valuable guidance for achieving long-lived BOs in the two-component BEC system by Feshbach resonances and manipulating the configuration of the optical lattices.