Adiabatic Rosen-Zener interferometry with ultracold atoms

Li Bin Fu*, De Fa Ye, Chaohong Lee, Weiping Zhang, Jie Liu

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    Abstract

    We propose a time-domain "interferometer" based on double-well ultracold atoms through a so-called adiabatic Rosen-Zener process, that is, the barrier between two wells is ramped down slowly, held for a while, and then ramped back. After the adiabatic Rosen-Zener process, we count the particle population in each well. We find that the final occupation probability shows nice interference fringes. The fringe pattern is sensitive to the initial state as well as the intrinsic parameters of the system such as interatomic interaction or energy bias between two wells. The underlying mechanism is revealed and possible applications are discussed.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number013619
    JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
    Volume80
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 6 Aug 2009

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