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Characterization of Bose-Hubbard Models with Quantum Non-demolition Measurements

Quantum Gases 2014-11-12 v2 Quantum Physics

Abstract

We propose a scheme for the detection of quantum phase transitions in the 1D Bose-Hubbard (BH) and 1D Extended Bose-Hubbard (EBH) models, using the non-demolition measurement technique of quantum polarization spectroscopy. We use collective measurements of the effective total angular momentum of a particular spatial mode to characterise the Mott insulator to superfluid phase transition in the BH model, and the transition to a density wave state in the EBH model. We extend the application of collective measurements to the ground states at various deformations of a super-lattice potential.

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@article{arxiv.1408.2533,
  title  = {Characterization of Bose-Hubbard Models with Quantum Non-demolition Measurements},
  author = {B. Rogers and M. Paternostro and J. F. Sherson and G. De Chiara},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.2533},
  year   = {2014}
}

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8 pages, 9 figures; published version in PRA, Editors' Suggestion