# Experimental demonstration of an atomtronic battery

## TL;DR

This paper experimentally demonstrates an atomtronic battery using a Bose-Einstein condensate in a double-well potential, analyzing its discharge behavior and fundamental properties through an equivalent circuit model.

## Contribution

It presents the first experimental realization of an atomtronic battery and models its discharge using a Thévenin equivalent circuit with internal resistance.

## Key findings

- Measured atom number and temperature during discharge
- Characterized peak power and capacities at various rates
- Analyzed dissipation using an equivalent circuit

## Abstract

Operation of an atomtronic battery is demonstrated where a finite-temperature Bose-Einstein condensate stored in one half of a double-well potential is coupled to an initially empty load well that is impedance matched by a resonant terminator beam. The atom number and temperature of the condensate are monitored during the discharge cycle, and are used to calculate fundamental properties of the battery. The discharge behavior is analyzed according to a Th\'{e}venin equivalent circuit that contains a finite internal resistance to account for dissipation in the battery. Battery performance at multiple discharge rates is characterized by the peak power output, and the current and energy capacities of the system.