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Developing a simulation tool to investigate a novel trapped two-state Bose-Einstein condensate Ramsey interferometer driven by dipole oscillations and gravitational sag

Atomic Physics 2023-08-29 v1 Quantum Gases Quantum Physics

Abstract

We propose and explore the feasibility of a novel Ramsey interferometer created by a trapped two-state Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) driven by dipole oscillations and gravitational sag. The BEC is formed in a pure cigar shaped compressed magnetic trap (CMT) via a dilute atom cloud of 87Rb^{87}Rb atoms in state F=2,mF=+2\vert F=2, m_F=+2 \rangle (+2)(\vert +2 \rangle) of the 52S125 ^2S_{\frac{1}{2}} ground state. Here, Rmasey interferometry is performed with states F=2,mF=+1\vert F=2, m_F=+1 \rangle (+1)(\vert +1 \rangle) and +2\vert +2 \rangle. The proposed interferometer utilises the response of atoms to the harmonic oscillator trapping potential and the gravitational sag due to the variation in the mFm_F state. Briefly, the state +1\vert +1 \rangle experiences a shallower radial trap with a larger gravitational sag; whereas, state +2\vert +2 \rangle experiences a tighter radial trap with a gravitational sag which is half of state +1\vert +1 \rangle. Due to this, a superposition between the states +1\vert +1 \rangle and +2\vert +2 \rangle experiences multipath propagation resulting in an interference pattern. This may be utilised to measure local gravitational fields and measure inter-sate scattering lengths. Here, a theoretical framework is reported which is developed via the two-level system in combination with the Gross-Pitaevskii equation (GPE). Further, the development of a simulation tool via GPELabs in MATLAB that explores the prosed interferometer is reported along with key insights and findings.

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@article{arxiv.2308.14079,
  title  = {Developing a simulation tool to investigate a novel trapped two-state Bose-Einstein condensate Ramsey interferometer driven by dipole oscillations and gravitational sag},
  author = {Anushka Thenuwara and Andrei Sidorov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.14079},
  year   = {2023}
}

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16 pages, 13 figures