TY - JOUR
T1 - Creating nonclassical states of bose-einstein condensates by dephasing collisions
AU - Bar-Gill, Nir
AU - Rao, D. D.Bhaktavatsala
AU - Kurizki, Gershon
PY - 2011/7/1
Y1 - 2011/7/1
N2 - We show, using an exactly solvable model, that nonlinear dynamics is induced in a double-well Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) by collisions with a thermal reservoir. This dynamics can facilitate the creation of phase or number squeezing and, at longer times, the creation of macroscopic nonclassical superposition states. Enhancement of these effects is possible by loading the reservoir atoms into an optical lattice.
AB - We show, using an exactly solvable model, that nonlinear dynamics is induced in a double-well Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) by collisions with a thermal reservoir. This dynamics can facilitate the creation of phase or number squeezing and, at longer times, the creation of macroscopic nonclassical superposition states. Enhancement of these effects is possible by loading the reservoir atoms into an optical lattice.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.010404
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.010404
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79961055777
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 107
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 1
M1 - 010404
ER -