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Quantitative study of quasi-one-dimensional Bose gas experiments via the stochastic Gross-Pitaevskii equation
The stochastic Gross-Pitaevskii equation is shown to be an excellent model
for quasi-one-dimensional Bose gas experiments, accurately reproducing the in
situ density profiles recently obtained in the experiments of Trebbia et al.
[Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 250403 (2006)] and van Amerongen et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett.
100, 090402 (2008)], and the density fluctuation data reported by Armijo et al.
[Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 230402 (2010)]. To facilitate such agreement, we propose
and implement a quasi-one-dimensional stochastic equation for the low-energy,
axial modes, while atoms in excited transverse modes are treated as independent
ideal Bose gases.Comment: 10 pages, 5 figures; updated figures with experimental dat
Isotopic difference in the heteronuclear loss rate in a two-species surface trap
We have realized a two-species mirror-magneto-optical trap containing a
mixture of Rb (Rb) and Cs atoms. Using this trap, we have
measured the heteronuclear collisional loss rate due to
intra-species cold collisions. We find a distinct difference in the magnitude
and intensity dependence of for the two isotopes Rb and
Rb which we attribute to the different ground-state hyperfine splitting
energies of the two isotopes.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure
Measuring the Mermin-Peres magic square using an online quantum computer
We have implemented the six series of three commuting measurement of the
Mermin-Peres magic square on an online, five qubit, quantum computer. The magic
square tests if the measurements of the system can be described by physical
realism (in the EPR sense) and simultaneously are non-contextual. We find that
our measurement results violate any realistic and non-contextual model by
almost 28 standard deviations. We also find that although the quantum computer
we used for the measurements leaves much to be desired in producing accurate
and reproducible results, the simplicity, the ease of re-running the
measurement programs, and the user friendliness compensates for this fact.Comment: 7 pages, 2 figures, 5 table
Fiber-Cavity-Based Optomechanical Device
We describe an optomechanical device consisting of a fiber-based optical
cavity containing a silicon nitiride membrane. In comparison with typical
free-space cavities, the fiber-cavity's small mode size (10 {\mu}m waist, 80
{\mu}m length) allows the use of smaller, lighter membranes and increases the
cavity-membrane linear coupling to 3 GHz/nm and quadratic coupling to 20
GHz/nm^2. This device is also intrinsically fiber-coupled and uses glass
ferrules for passive alignment. These improvements will greatly simplify the
use of optomechanical systems, particularly in cryogenic settings. At room
temperature, we expect these devices to be able to detect the shot noise of
radiation pressure.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures; the following article has been submitted to
Applied Physics Letter
Spin self-rephasing and very long coherence times in a trapped atomic ensemble
We perform Ramsey spectroscopy on the ground state of ultra-cold 87Rb atoms
magnetically trapped on a chip in the Knudsen regime. Field inhomogeneities
over the sample should limit the 1/e contrast decay time to about 3 s, while
decay times of 58 s are actually observed. We explain this surprising result by
a spin self-rephasing mechanism induced by the identical spin rotation effect
originating from particle indistinguishability. We propose a theory of this
synchronization mechanism and obtain good agreement with the experimental
observations. The effect is general and susceptible to appear in other physical
systems.Comment: Revised version; improved description of the theoretical treatmen
Quantum Scattering in Quasi-1D Cylindrical Confinement
Finite size effects alter not only the energy levels of small systems, but
can also lead to new effective interactions within these systems. Here the
problem of low energy quantum scattering by a spherically symmetric short range
potential in the presence of a general cylindrical confinement is investigated.
A Green's function formalism is developed which accounts for the full 3D nature
of the scattering potential by incorporating all phase-shifts and their
couplings. This quasi-1D geometry gives rise to scattering resonances and
weakly localized states, whose binding energies and wavefunctions can be
systematically calculated. Possible applications include e.g. impurity
scattering in ballistic quasi-1D quantum wires in mesoscopic systems and in
atomic matter wave guides. In the particular case of parabolic confinement, the
present formalism can also be applied to pair collision processes such as
two-body interactions. Weakly bound pairs and quasi-molecules induced by the
confinement and having zero or higher orbital angular momentum can be
predicted, such as p- and d-wave pairings.Comment: Extended version of quant-ph/050319
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