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View Schema`Flat Phase' Loading of a Bose-Einstein Condensate into an Optical Lattice
| Authors | Shlomo E. Sklarz, Inbal Friedler, David J. Tannor, Yehuda B. Band, Carl J. Williams |
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| ArXiv ID | physics/0209071 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0209071 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.66.053620 |
| Journal | Phys. Rev. A 66, 053620 (2002) |
Abstract
It has been proposed that the adiabatic loading of a Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC) into an optical lattice via the Mott-insulator transition can be used to initialize a quantum computer [D. Jaksch, {\it et al.}, Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 81}, 3108 (1998)]. The loading of a BEC into the lattice without causing band excitation is readily achievable; however, unless one switches on an optical lattice very slowly, the optical lattice causes a phase to accumulate across the condensate. We show analytically and numerically that a cancellation of this effect is possible by adjusting the harmonic trap force-constant of the magnetic trap appropriately, thereby facilitating quick loading of an optical lattice for quantum computing purposes. A simple analytical theory is developed for a non-stationary BEC in a harmonic trap.
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