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Coherent control of atomic spin currents in a double well

Quantum Physics 2015-06-03 v2 Quantum Gases

Abstract

We propose an experimental feasible method for controlling the atomic currents of a two-component Bose-Einstein condensate in a double well by applying an external field to the atoms in one of the potential wells. We study the ground-state properties of the system and show that the directions of spin currents and net-particle tunneling can be manipulated by adiabatically varying the coupling strength between the atoms and the field. This system can be used for studying spin and tunneling phenomena across a wide range of interaction parameters. In addition, spin-squeezed states can be generated. It is useful for quantum information processing and quantum metrology.

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@article{arxiv.1111.0529,
  title  = {Coherent control of atomic spin currents in a double well},
  author = {H. T. Ng and Shih-I Chu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.0529},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

6 pages, 7 figures, minor revision