Generating Schrödinger-cat states in momentum and internal-state space from Bose-Einstein condensates with repulsive interactions
arXiv:cond-mat/0310573 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.69.053605
Abstract
Resonant Raman coupling between internal levels induced by continuous illumination of non-collinear laser beams can create double-well momentum-space potentials for multi-level ``periodically-dressed'' atoms. We develop an approximate many-body formalism for a weakly interacting, trapped periodically-dressed Bose gas which illustrates how a tunable exchange interaction yields correlated many-body ground states. In contrast to the case of a position-space double well, the ground state of stable periodically-dressed Bose gases with repulsive interactions tends toward a Schrödinger cat state in the regime where interactions dominate the momentum-space tunnelling induced by the external trapping potential. The dependence of the momentum-space tunnelling and exchange interaction on experimental parameters is derived. We discuss how real-time control of experimental parameters can be used to create Schrödinger cat states either between momentum or internal states, and how these states could be dynamically controlled towards highly sensitive interferometry and frequency metrology.
arXiv comment7 pages, 3 figures. Submitted to PRA
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