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View SchemaCreation of macroscopic superposition states from arrays of Bose-Einstein condensates
| Authors | J. A. Dunningham, K. Burnett, R. Roth, W. D. Phillips |
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| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0608242 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0608242 |
| DOI | 10.1088/1367-2630/8/9/182 |
Abstract
We consider how macroscopic quantum superpositions may be created from arrays of Bose-Einstein condensates. We study a system of three condensates in Fock states, all with the same number of atoms and show that this has the form of a highly entangled superposition of different quasi-momenta. We then show how, by partially releasing these condensates and detecting an interference pattern where they overlap, it is possible to create a macroscopic superposition of different relative phases for the remaining portions of the condensates. We discuss methods for confirming these superpositions.
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