Phase-imprinting of Bose-Einstein condensates with Rydberg impurities
We show how the phase profile of Bose-Einstein condensates can be engineered through its in- teraction with localized Rydberg excitations. The interaction is made controllable and long-range by off-resonantly coupling the condensate to another Rydberg state with laser light. Our technique allows the...
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| author | Mukherjee, Rick Ates, Cenap Li, Weibin Wüster, Sebastian |
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| description | We show how the phase profile of Bose-Einstein condensates can be engineered through its in- teraction with localized Rydberg excitations. The interaction is made controllable and long-range by off-resonantly coupling the condensate to another Rydberg state with laser light. Our technique allows the mapping of entanglement generated in systems of few strongly interacting Rydberg atoms onto much larger atom clouds in hybrid setups. As an example we discuss the creation of a spatial mesoscopic superposition state from a bright soliton. Additionally, the phase imprinted onto the condensate using the Rydberg excitations is a diagnostic tool for the latter. For example a condensate time-of-flight image would permit reconstructing the pattern of an embedded Rydberg crystal. |
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| spelling | nottingham-347242020-05-04T17:12:34Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34724/ Phase-imprinting of Bose-Einstein condensates with Rydberg impurities Mukherjee, Rick Ates, Cenap Li, Weibin Wüster, Sebastian We show how the phase profile of Bose-Einstein condensates can be engineered through its in- teraction with localized Rydberg excitations. The interaction is made controllable and long-range by off-resonantly coupling the condensate to another Rydberg state with laser light. Our technique allows the mapping of entanglement generated in systems of few strongly interacting Rydberg atoms onto much larger atom clouds in hybrid setups. As an example we discuss the creation of a spatial mesoscopic superposition state from a bright soliton. Additionally, the phase imprinted onto the condensate using the Rydberg excitations is a diagnostic tool for the latter. For example a condensate time-of-flight image would permit reconstructing the pattern of an embedded Rydberg crystal. American Physical Society 2015-07-21 Article PeerReviewed Mukherjee, Rick, Ates, Cenap, Li, Weibin and Wüster, Sebastian (2015) Phase-imprinting of Bose-Einstein condensates with Rydberg impurities. Physical Review Letters, 115 (4). 040401. ISSN 0031-9007 http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.040401 doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.040401 doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.040401 |
| spellingShingle | Mukherjee, Rick Ates, Cenap Li, Weibin Wüster, Sebastian Phase-imprinting of Bose-Einstein condensates with Rydberg impurities |
| title | Phase-imprinting of Bose-Einstein condensates with Rydberg impurities |
| title_full | Phase-imprinting of Bose-Einstein condensates with Rydberg impurities |
| title_fullStr | Phase-imprinting of Bose-Einstein condensates with Rydberg impurities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Phase-imprinting of Bose-Einstein condensates with Rydberg impurities |
| title_short | Phase-imprinting of Bose-Einstein condensates with Rydberg impurities |
| title_sort | phase-imprinting of bose-einstein condensates with rydberg impurities |
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