Quantum atom optics with fermions from molecular dissociation
Other Condensed Matter
2009-11-11 v2 Statistical Mechanics
Atomic Physics
Quantum Physics
Abstract
We study a fermionic atom optics counterpart of parametric down-conversion with photons. This can be realized through dissociation of a Bose-Einstein condensate of molecular dimers consisting of fermionic atoms. We present a theoretical model describing the quantum dynamics of dissociation and find analytic solutions for mode occupancies and atomic pair correlations, valid in the short time limit. The solutions are used to identify upper bounds for the correlation functions, which are applicable to any fermionic system and correspond to ideal particle number-difference squeezing
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0509505,
title = {Quantum atom optics with fermions from molecular dissociation},
author = {K. V. Kheruntsyan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0509505},
year = {2009}
}
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