Correlations and dynamics of tunnel-coupled one-dimensional Bose gases
arXiv:1908.00422
Abstract
We present a series of experiments performed with two ultracold one-dimensional Bose gases (rubidium atoms) in a double well potential. Employing matter-wave interference, we can measure the spatially resolved phase difference between the two gases and consequently investigate spatial correlations. By investigating whether higher order correlation functions can be factorized into correlations of lower order, we can investigate the interaction properties of the system. For a non-interacting system, all correlation functions with orders greater than two factorize and one observes Gaussian fluctuations. Here, we present the measurement of non-factorizing fourth-order correlation functions, leading to an experimental characterization of the interactions between the collective excitations of the quantum many-body system. The degree of non-factorizibility, i.e., the degree of non-Gaussianity of the phase fluctuations, depends on the tuneable tunneling strength between the wells. Starting from such a non-Gaussian state, we are able to observe the dynamical evolution towards a state with factorizing correlation functions (Gaussian fluctuations). We start in a double well with tunneling and then abruptly decouple the two subsystems. Subsequently, we observe how the initially non-Gaussian phase fluctuations become Gaussian. Moreover, we discuss the dynamical emergence of phase coherence in a double well potential with tunneling. We experimentally investigate the evolution starting from two different initial states. In one case, we split a cloud of atoms into two and trigger global oscillations in their relative phase. The oscillations subsequently damp and phase coherence sets in. In the other case, two independent clouds are suddenly coupled by tunneling. Again, phase coherence emerges between the two subsystems.
arXiv commentPhD thesis, TU Wien, March 2019, 169 pages
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