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Coherent splitting of two-dimensional Bose gases in magnetic potentials

Quantum Gases 2020-10-30 v2 Atomic Physics

Abstract

Investigating out-of-equilibrium dynamics with two-dimensional (2D) systems is of widespread theoretical interest, as these systems are strongly influenced by fluctuations and there exists a superfluid phase transition at a finite temperature. In this work, we realise matter-wave interference for degenerate Bose gases, including the first demonstration of coherent splitting of 2D Bose gases using magnetic trapping potentials. We improve the fringe contrast by imaging only a thin slice of the expanded atom clouds, which will be necessary for subsequent studies on the relaxation of the gas following a quantum quench.

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@article{arxiv.2006.06661,
  title  = {Coherent splitting of two-dimensional Bose gases in magnetic potentials},
  author = {Adam J. Barker and Shinichi Sunami and David Garrick and Abel Beregi and Kathrin Luksch and Elliot Bentine and Christopher J. Foot},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.06661},
  year   = {2020}
}

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11 pages, 4 figures