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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254605503321

Autore

Berrada Tarik

Titolo

Interferometry with Interacting Bose-Einstein Condensates in a Double-Well Potential / / by Tarik Berrada

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-319-27233-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (244 p.)

Collana

Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, , 2190-5053

Disciplina

535.470287

Soggetti

Phase transformations (Statistical physics)

Condensed materials

Quantum computers

Spintronics

Low temperature physics

Low temperatures

Quantum Gases and Condensates

Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics

Low Temperature Physics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Doctoral Thesis accepted by Vienna University of Technology, Austria."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Theoretical Framework -- Experimental Setup and Techniques -- A Mach-Zehnder Interferometer for Trapped, Interacting Bose-Einstein Condensates -- Outlook: Bosonic Josephson Junctions Beyond the Two-Mode Approximation.

Sommario/riassunto

This thesis demonstrates a full Mach–Zehnder interferometer with interacting Bose–Einstein condensates confined on an atom chip. It relies on the coherent manipulation of atoms trapped in a magnetic double-well potential, for which the author developed a novel type of beam splitter. Particle-wave duality enables the construction of interferometers for matter waves, which complement optical interferometers in precision measurement devices, both for technological applications and fundamental tests. This requires the development of atom-optics analogues to beam splitters, phase



shifters and recombiners. Particle interactions in the Bose–Einstein condensate lead to a nonlinearity, absent in photon optics. This is exploited to generate a non-classical state with reduced atom-number fluctuations inside the interferometer. This state is then used to study the interaction-induced dephasing of the quantum superposition. The resulting coherence times are found to be a factor of three longer than expected for coherent states, highlighting the potential of entanglement as a resource for quantum-enhanced metrology.