Mesoscopic quantum coherence in an optical lattice
Quantum Physics
2009-11-06 v2 Atomic Physics
Abstract
We observe the quantum coherent dynamics of atomic spinor wavepackets in the double well potentials of a far-off-resonance optical lattice. With appropriate initial conditions the system Rabi oscillates between the left and right localized states of the ground doublet, and at certain times the wavepacket corresponds to a coherent superposition of these mesoscopically distinguishable quantum states. The atom/optical double well potential is a flexible and powerful system for further study of mesoscopic quantum coherence, quantum control and the quantum/classical transition.
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0005091,
title = {Mesoscopic quantum coherence in an optical lattice},
author = {D. L. Haycock and P. M. Alsing and I. H. Deutsch and J. Grondalski and P. S. Jessen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0005091},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
12 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Physical Review Letters