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Formation Time of a Fermion Pair Condensate
The formation time of a condensate of fermionic atom pairs close to a
Feshbach resonance was studied. This was done using a phase-shift method in
which the delayed response of the many-body system to a modulation of the
interaction strength was recorded. The observable was the fraction of condensed
molecules in the cloud after a rapid magnetic field ramp across the Feshbach
resonance. The measured response time was slow compared to the rapid ramp,
which provides final proof that the molecular condensates reflect the presence
of fermion pair condensates before the ramp.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
Phase dynamics of a multimode Bose condensate controlled by decay
The relative phase between two uncoupled BE condensates tends to attain a
specific value when the phase is measured. This can be done by observing their
decay products in interference. We discuss exactly solvable models for this
process in cases where competing observation channels drive the phases to
different sets of values. We treat the case of two modes which both emit into
the input ports of two beam splitters, and of a linear or circular chain of
modes. In these latter cases, the transitivity of relative phase becomes an
issue
Dissipation-induced d-Wave Pairing of Fermionic Atoms in an Optical Lattice
We show how dissipative dynamics can give rise to pairing for two-component
fermions on a lattice. In particular, we construct a "parent" Liouvillian
operator so that a BCS-type state of a given symmetry, e.g. a d-wave state, is
reached for arbitrary initial states in the absence of conservative forces. The
system-bath couplings describe single-particle, number conserving and
quasi-local processes. The pairing mechanism crucially relies on Fermi
statistics. We show how such Liouvillians can be realized via reservoir
engineering with cold atoms representing a driven dissipative dynamics.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures. Replaced with the published versio
Influence of External Fields and Environment on the Dynamics of Phase Qubit-Resonator System
We analyze the dynamics of a qubit-resonator system coupled with a thermal
bath and external electromagnetic fields. Using the evolution equations for the
set of Heisenberg operators, that describe the whole system, we derive an
expression for the resonator field, accounting for the resonator-drive,-bath,
and -qubit interaction. The renormalization of the resonator frequency, caused
by the qubit-resonator interaction, is accounted for. Using solutions for the
resonator field, we derive the equation describing qubit dynamics. The
influence of the qubit evolution during the measurement time on the fidelity of
a single-shot measurement is studied. The relation between the fidelity and
measurement time is shown explicitly. Also, an expression describing relaxation
of the superposition qubit state towards its stationary value is derived. The
possibility of controlling this state, by varying the amplitude and frequency
of drive, is shown.Comment: 15 page
Feasibility of Experimental Realization of Entangled Bose-Einstein Condensation
We examine the practical feasibility of the experimental realization of the
so-called entangled Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC), occurring in an entangled
state of two atoms of different species. We demonstrate that if the energy gap
remains vanishing, the entangled BEC persists as the ground state of the
concerned model in a wide parameter regime. We establish the experimental
accessibility of the isotropic point of the effective parameters, in which the
entangled BEC is the exact ground state, as well as the consistency with the
generalized Gross-Pitaevskii equations. The transition temperature is
estimated. Possible experimental implementations are discussed in detail.Comment: 6 pages, published versio
Condensation of Pairs of Fermionic Atoms Near a Feshbach Resonance
We have observed Bose-Einstein condensation of pairs of fermionic atoms in an
ultracold ^6Li gas at magnetic fields above a Feshbach resonance, where no
stable ^6Li_2 molecules would exist in vacuum. We accurately determined the
position of the resonance to be 822+-3 G. Molecular Bose-Einstein condensates
were detected after a fast magnetic field ramp, which transferred pairs of
atoms at close distances into bound molecules. Condensate fractions as high as
80% were obtained. The large condensate fractions are interpreted in terms of
pre-existing molecules which are quasi-stable even above the two-body Feshbach
resonance due to the presence of the degenerate Fermi gas.Comment: submitted to PRL. v3: clarifying revisions, added referenc
Quantum logic gates for coupled superconducting phase qubits
Based on a quantum analysis of two capacitively coupled current-biased
Josephson junctions, we propose two fundamental two-qubit quantum logic gates.
Each of these gates, when supplemented by single-qubit operations, is
sufficient for universal quantum computation. Numerical solutions of the
time-dependent Schroedinger equation demonstrate that these operations can be
performed with good fidelity.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures, revised for publicatio
Adiabatic Landau-Zener-St\"uckelberg transition with or without dissipation in low spin molecular system V15
The spin one half molecular system V15 shows no barrier against spin
reversal. This makes possible direct phonon activation between the two levels.
By tuning the field sweeping rate and the thermal coupling between sample and
thermal reservoir we have control over the phonon-bottleneck phenomena
previously reported in this system. We demonstrate adiabatic motion of molecule
spins in time dependent magnetic fields and with different thermal coupling to
the cryostat bath. We also discuss the origin of the zero-field tunneling
splitting for a half-integer spin.Comment: to appear in Phys. Rev. B - Rapid Communication
Entanglement of superconducting charge qubits by homodyne measurement
We present a scheme by which projective homodyne measurement of a microwave
resonator can be used to generate entanglement between two superconducting
charge qubits coupled to this resonator. The non-interacting qubits are
initialised in a product of their ground states, the resonator is initialised
in a coherent field state, and the state of the system is allowed to evolve
under a rotating wave Hamiltonian. Making a homodyne measurement on the
resonator at a given time projects the qubits into an state of the form (|gg> +
exp(-i phi)|ee>)/sqrt(2). This protocol can produce states with a fidelity as
high as required, with a probability approaching 0.5. Although the system
described is one that can be used to display revival in the qubit oscillations,
we show that the entanglement procedure works at much shorter timescales.Comment: 17 pages, 7 figure
Continuous Observation of Interference Fringes from Bose Condensates
We use continuous measurement theory to describe the evolution of two Bose
condensates in an interference experiment. It is shown how the system evolves
in a single run of the experiment into a state with a fixed relative phase,
while the total gauge symmetry remains unbroken. Thus, an interference pattern
is exhibited without violating atom number conservation.Comment: 4 pages, Postscrip
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