Kolovsky Andrey R
Max-Planck-Institut für Physik Komplexer Systeme, D-01187 Dresden, Germany.
Phys Rev Lett. 2003 May 30;90(21):213002. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.213002. Epub 2003 May 29.
This paper studies Bloch oscillations of ultracold atoms in an optical lattice, in the presence of atom-atom interactions. A new, interaction-induced Bloch period is identified. Analytical results are corroborated by realistic numerical calculations.