Nonlinear beam splitter in Bose-Einstein-condensate interferometers
Year: 2006
Authors: Pezzé L., Smerzi A., Berman G.P., Bishop A.R., Collins L.A.
Autors Affiliation: Los Alamos Natl Lab, Div Theoret, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA; Univ Trent, BEC, CNR, INFM, I-38050 Trento, Italy; Univ Trent, Dipartimento Fis, I-38050 Trento, Italy.
Abstract: A beam splitter is an important component of an atomic/optical Mach-Zehnder interferometer. Here we study a Bose-Einstein condensate beam splitter, realized with a double well potential of tunable height. We analyze how the sensitivity of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer is degraded by the nonlinear particle-particle interaction during the splitting dynamics. We distinguish three regimes, Rabi, Josephson and Fock, and associate to them a different scaling of the phase sensitivity with the total number of particles.
Journal/Review: PHYSICAL REVIEW A
Volume: 74 (3) Pages from: 33610-1 to: 33610-8
KeyWords: Mach-zehnder Interferometer; Squeezed States; Double-well; Phase; Atoms; Limit; GasesDOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.74.033610ImpactFactor: 3.047Citations: 27data from “WEB OF SCIENCE” (of Thomson Reuters) are update at: 2024-11-10References taken from IsiWeb of Knowledge: (subscribers only)
