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5. BEC excitation by modulation of scatter<strong>in</strong>g length1000101001Amplitude1010.10.11.9622.042.080.01Q = 0.3Q = 0.050.0011.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5Figure 5.7: Oscillation amplitude (u max − u m<strong>in</strong> )/2 versus driv<strong>in</strong>g frequency Ω forP = 0.4. In the <strong>in</strong>set, we zoom to the first peak to emphasize that both the shapeand the value of a resonance depend on the modulation amplitude Q and thatresonances occur at a driv<strong>in</strong>g frequency Ω, which differs from ω 0 . The solid verticall<strong>in</strong>es correspond to ω 0 and 2ω 0 .Ωu(t)2.521.51Ω = 1.032u(t)1.81.61.41.21Ω = 1.3750.50.80 100 200 300 400 5000 1000 2000 3000ttFigure 5.8: Exact numerical solution of Eq. (5.15) for the condensate width u(t)versus t for P = 0.4, Q = 0.3, correspond<strong>in</strong>g to ω 0 = 2.06638. We observe largeamplitude oscillations for Ω ≈ ω 0 /2 <strong>in</strong> the left panel, while <strong>in</strong> the right panel the“resonant” behavior is present for Ω ≈ 2ω 0 /3.numerically, s<strong>in</strong>ce it is necessary to perform a f<strong>in</strong>e tun<strong>in</strong>g of the external frequency.However, they clearly demonstrate nonl<strong>in</strong>ear BEC properties and an experimentalobservation of these phenomena is certa<strong>in</strong>ly of high <strong>in</strong>terest. We note that theobserved resonance pattern of the form Ω ≈ 2ω 0 /n (where n is an <strong>in</strong>teger) arisesalso <strong>in</strong> the case of a parametrically driven system described by the Mathieu equation,119

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