Entangled quantum tunneling of two-component Bose-Einstein condensates
Soft Condensed Matter
2009-11-07 v1 Quantum Physics
Abstract
We examine the quantum tunneling process in Bose condensates of two interacting species trapped in a double well configuration. We discover the condition under which particles of different species can tunnel as pairs through the potential barrier between two wells in opposition directions. This novel form of tunneling is due to the interspecies interaction that eliminates the self- trapping effect. The correlated motion of tunneling atoms leads to the generation of quantum entanglement between two macroscopically coherent systems.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0209631,
title = {Entangled quantum tunneling of two-component Bose-Einstein condensates},
author = {H. T. Ng and C. K. Law and P. T. Leung},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0209631},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 3 figures