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| Authors | Wei Li, Ari K. Tuchman, Hui-Chun Chien, Mark A. Kasevich |
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| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0609009 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0609009 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.040402 |
Abstract
Coherence properties of Bose-Einstein condensates offer the potential for improved interferometric phase contrast. However, decoherence effects due to the mean-field interaction shorten the coherence time, thus limiting potential sensitivity. In this work, we demonstrate increased coherence times with number squeezed states in an optical lattice using the decay of Bloch oscillations to probe the coherence time. We extend coherence times by a factor of 2 over those expected with coherent state BEC interferometry. We observe quantitative agreement with theory both for the degree of initial number squeezing as well as for prolonged coherence times.
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