The Aharonov-Bohm effect in mesoscopic Bose-Einstein condensates
arXiv:1706.05180 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.100.041601
Abstract
Ultra-cold atoms in light-shaped potentials open up new ways to explore mesoscopic physics: Arbitrary trapping potentials can be engineered with only a change of the laser field. Here, we propose using ultracold atoms in light-shaped potentials to feasibly realize a cold atom device to study one of the fundamental problems of mesoscopic physics, the Aharonov-Bohm effect: The interaction of particles with a magnetic field when traveling in a closed loop. Surprisingly, we find that the Aharonov-Bohm effect is washed out for interacting bosons, while it is present for fermions. We show that our atomic device has possible applications as quantum simulator, Mach-Zehnder interferometer and for tests of quantum foundation.
5 pages, 5 figures to be published in Physical Review A Rapid Communications
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