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View SchemaMesoscopic quantum coherence in an optical lattice
| Authors | D. L. Haycock, P. M. Alsing, I. H. Deutsch, J. Grondalski, P. S. Jessen |
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| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0005091 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0005091 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.3365 |
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.
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