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Palacios, Álvarez Silvana. "Single domain spinor Bose-Einstein condensate." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/458123.
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This work reports on the construction of a new-generation system capable to create single-mode spinor Bose-Einstein condensates of 87Rb, and non-destructively probe them using optical Faraday rotation. This system brings together many of the stateof-the-art technologies in ultra-cold physics in a minimalist design which was possible due to the prolific advances in the field respect to the pioneering experiments (Cornell's, Ketterle's, and Chapman's groups). There is rich phenomena that can be potentially studied in this system from the study of predicted novel quantum phases and topologies to entanglement and spin squeezing which are useful for quantum information and interferometry. The potential of this system make it suitable to answer fundamental questions on the phase transition to a condensed and ferromagnetic state.
In particular, this work describes theoretically and experimentally, the atomic spin coherence, which is relevant for applications like coherent sensing of magnetic fields. In this direction, our findings demonstrate the characteristics of our system make it a sensor with the best predicted energy resolution per unit bandwidth (~10^-2 h) among all the different technologies applied to magnetometry.
The thesis is structured as follows: Part I is dedicated to the mathematical description of the relevant interactions. First, the interaction of optical polarization and atomic spin polarization is reviewed, with special attention to ac-Stark shifts, which are used to generate a conservative trapping potential and Faraday rotation effects that are used for non-destructive spin detection. Second, the interaction of the atoms with a magnetic field is presented. And finally, the mean-filed theory of spinor Bose-Einstein condensation is summarized. The dynamics of a spin-1system in this picture is described by a three-component Gross-Pitaevskii equation.
Part II contains three chapters describing the implemented technologies and techniques used in the experiment to create and characterize a spinor condensate. The first chapter describes the ultrahigh vacuum, magnetic fields, lasers, spectroscopy and imaging needed to create a magneto optical trap (MOT) and transfer those atoms into an optical dipole trap (ODT). We implemented a non-standard loading technique based on the semicompensation of the strong differential lightshift induced by the ODT which profits from the effective dark-MOT created at the trap position. In the second chapter we detail, theoretically and experimentally, the all-optical evaporation process employed to achieve condensation in less than five second after the loading. In the final chapter the spin manipulation and read-out techniques are presented. Because there is no observable associated to the spin angle, we exploit the Faraday rotation effect and Stern-Gerlach imaging in order to retrieve information about the spin dynamics.
Finally in Part III, we consider the potential of a spinor BEC as a magnetic sensor. The measurement of fundamental properties defining the sensitivity of the sensor are detailed. Those properties are the volume, the temporal coherence and the readout noise. We present a model of the magnetic field environment and its repercussion on the noise of the magnetometer. In the last chapter we present our perspectives to the possible applications of our system.Este trabajo compila los detalles experimentales de un aparato de "nueva generación" capaz de crear condensados Espinoriales de 87Rb en un único dominio magnético, y de obtener información del estado de espín en una forma no destructiva explotando el efecto Faraday. Este aparato conjunta algunas de las tecnologías de punta aplicadas a física de gases ultrafrios en un diseño minimalista. Estas tecnologías se han podido desarrollar debido a los prolíficos avances en el campo, respecto a los experimentos pioneros en los grupos de Cornell, Ketterle y Chapman. Una rica cantidad de fenómenos pueden ser estudiados en este sistema, desde el estudio de novedosas fases y topologías cuánticas hasta la aplicación de entrelazamiento y estados comprimidos relevantes en información cuántica e interferometría. Su potencial lo hace un buen candidato para responder preguntas acerca de la naturaleza de las transiciones ferromagnética y de condensación. En particular, este trabajo describe teorética y experimentalmente la coherencia del estado de espín, el cual, es relevante en aplicaciones como la medición coherente de campos magnéticos. En este sentido, nuestros resultados demuestran que las características de nuestro condensado espinorial lo hacen el sensor con la mejor resolución en energía por unidad de ancho de banda (~10^-2 h ), de entre todas las tecnologías aplicadas a magnetometría. Esta tesis se estructura de la siguiente manera: Part I está dedicada a la descripción matemática de las interacciones relevantes. Primero la interacción entre la luz y el espín atómico es revisada, con especial énfasis en el desplazamiento ac-Stark, que es explotado para generar un potencial conservador, así como en las medidas no destructivas del espín via efecto Faraday. En segundo lugar, estudiamos la dinámica de espín bajo la interacción Zeeman entre los átomos y un campo magnético que varía en el tiempo. Finalmente es brevemente tratada la teoría de campo medio (mean-field theory) que describe los condensados espinoriales en la forma de una ecuación de Gross-Pitaevskii multicomponente. Part II contiene tres capítulos que detallan la tecnologías y técnicas usadas en el experimento para crear y caracterizar el condensado. El primer capítulo describe el ultra-alto vacío, los campos magnéticos, láseres, espectroscopía e imaging usados para crear una trampa magneto-óptica (MOT), y para transferir esos átomos en una trampa dipolar óptica (ODT). Nosotros implementamos una técnica poco estandard para cargar la ODT, la cual se basa en compensar medianamente el excesivo lightshift diferencial inducido por nuestra ODT. Esta técnica nos ayuda a crear una dark-MOT efectiva con la que podemos conseguir altas densidades de átoms en la ODT. En el segundo capítulo detallamos la evaporación que es "all-optical", con la que podemos conseguir un condensado en menos de 5 s de evaporación. En el capítulo final describimos las técnicas para crear arbitrarios estados de espín y cómo detectarlos. Para esto último explotamos el efecto Faraday y capturamos imágenes Stern-Gerlach. Finalmente en Part III, estudiamos las propiedades de coherencia, tiempo de vida y extensión espacial del condensado. Detallamos el sistema especialmente en el contexto de sensores magnéticos. Además, presentamos un modelo del campo magnético ambiental y sus repercusiones en el ruido del magnetómetro. En el último capítulo hablamos de algunas de las alternativas aplicaciones de nuestro sistema.
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Zawadzki, Mateusz. "Bose-Einstein condensate manipulation and interferometry." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2010. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=12801.
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Floegel, Filip. "Optical loading of a Bose-Einstein condensate." [S.l. : s.n.], 2003. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=970681119.
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Leblanc, Pierre J. "Optical probing of a Bose-Einstein condensate." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/26508.
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Experimental results acquired with various methods used to optically probe an excitonic Bose-Einstein condensate are presented. The condensate is initially created by a high-intensity pulsed laser illumination (lambda = 532 nm) incident on a high-quality natural single crystal of Cu2O (at T = 1.8 K), having (100) symmetry. The travelling condensate is laterally probed by a laser pulse tuned at the 1S orthoexciton resonance (lambda = 609.51 nm), where significant condensate amplification is observed. Correspondingly, the resonant probing beam is additionally attenuated upon being transmitted through the excitonic packet. In an attempt to measure the condensate's lateral and longitudinal dimensions, the additional attenuation (NDA) is determined at various probing beam positions relative to the perpendicularly propagating packet. A three-dimensional representation of the exciton packet was constructed with spatially dependent NDA measurements.
Highly detailed continuous spectra of the 1S line were taken with the use of a tunable dye laser, permitting the observation of never before seen features in the 1S line. The wavelength dependance of both the condensate amplification and the lateral pulse's additional attenuation were studied using this technique.
The onset of a secondary exciton packet observed in various excitation geometries, further contributed to the amplification model proposed in previous work. Moreover, a strong correlation between electrical and all-optical measurements was found, providing reassurance on the validity of past interpretations based on electrical measurements.
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Palzer, Stefan. "Single impurities in a Bose-Einstein condensate." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.609015.
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Cavicchioli, Luca. "Image enhancement for a Bose-Einstein condensate interferometer." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2020. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/21719/.
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The atom, thanks to its wave behaviour, can manifest phenomena which are, usually, associated to light: interference is one of them. The possibility of cooling atomic clouds and manipulating the states of the atoms contained in them opened many new opportunities to exploit these states in many ways; one of them is measuring various kinds of physical observables with high precision, thanks to the aforementioned interference phenomena: this is atom interferometry.
Since the first Bose-Einstein condensates in atomic gases were obtained, there has been a keen interest in interference between them, as it would mean to observe coherent quantum phenomena between macroscopic objects. Nevertheless, the high atomic density of condensates with respect to non condensed, thermal atomic clouds makes it difficult to ignore the effects of interactions within them. For the applications, understanding the role of interactions in the formation of interference figures is crucial.
In this thesis, an algorithm for the enhancement of absorption images of a condensate has been developed. This algorithm computes an image basis for the noise and then remove the projection of the starting image from this basis, thus obtaining a clean image. This algorithm has then been applied to the enhancement of images obtained from atom interferometry. These images have then been analyzed using two techniques, and the obtained results have been compared to those for an ideal condensate. The results have been found not compatible with the ideal case, and are then due to atom-atom interactions.
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Ilo-Okeke, Ebubechukwu Odidika. "Guided-wave atom interferometers with Bose-Einstein condensate." Digital WPI, 2012. https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-dissertations/155.
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An atom interferometer is a sensitive device that has potential for many useful applications. Atoms are sensitive to electromagnetic fields due to their electric and magnetic moments and their mass allows them to be deflected in a gravitational field, thereby making them attractive for measuring inertial forces. The narrow momentum distribution of Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) is a great asset in realizing portable atom interferometers. An example is a guided-wave atom interferometer that uses a confining potential to guide the motion of the condensate. Despite the promise of guided-wave atom interferometry with BEC, spatial phase and phase diffusion limit the contrast of the interference fringes. The control of these phases is required for successful development of a BEC-based guided-wave atom interferometer. This thesis analyses the guided-wave atom interferometer, where an atomic BEC cloud at the center of a confining potential is split into two clouds that move along different arms of the interferometer. The clouds accumulate relative phase due to the environment, spatially inhomogeneous trapping potential and atom-atom interactions within the condensate. At the end of the interferometric cycle, the clouds are recombined producing a cloud at rest and moving clouds. The number of atoms in the clouds that emerge depends on the relative phase accumulated by the clouds during propagation. This is investigated by deriving an expression for the probability of finding any given number of atoms in the clouds that emerge after recombination. Characteristic features like mean, standard deviation and cross-correlation function of the probability density distribution are calculated and the contrast of the interference fringes is optimized. This thesis found that optimum contrast is achieved through the control of total population of atoms in the condensate, trap frequencies, s-wave scattering length, and the duration of the interferometric cycle.
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West, Tristan. "Quantum dot dynamics in a Bose-Einstein condensate." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/23993.
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This thesis investigates the dynamics of an atomic quantum dot (AQD) coupled to a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) via particle exchange and interactions. This is motivated by the possibility of using such a system as a non-destructive probe of the BEC. A review of the physics of a BEC and relevant impurity models is presented. The collisional blockade regime of the AQD is considered, and the AQD is modelled as a spin-1/2 pseudospin. Having expressed the BEC in terms of number and phase, the semi-classical ground state of the system is determined. The fluctuations in number and phase around this ground state are assumed to be small. Using Fermi's golden rule, the decay rates of the system are calculated. The system dynamics are found to be highly dependent on dimensionality and the coupling between AQD and BEC. Having derived the action for this system, it is found that the small phase fluctuation assumption fails in two dimensions and for certain limits in three dimensions. We attempt to circumvent this difficulty using a canonical transformation. The resulting system is related to a biased spin-boson model. Expressing the pseudospin in terms of Schwinger bosons, the self energy for this system is determined. Green's functions for the system are derived by solving Dyson's equation, and a decay rate is extracted. Determining the spin-spin temporal correlation functions by solving the Bethe-Salpeter equation is found to be intractable due to the Schwinger boson number constraint. The possibility of avoiding this problem using the Holstein-Primakoff representation in a large-S generalisation of the AQD states is explored. We find that the pseudospin precession can be controlled by tuning the coupling parameters and the interactions in the BEC. In particular, we found two unexpected regimes where the pseudospin precession can be slowed down to arbitrarily small frequencies.
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Harutinian, Jorge Amin Seman. "Study of excitations in a Bose-Einstein condensate." Universidade de São Paulo, 2011. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/76/76131/tde-24102011-140439/.
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In this work we study a Bose-Einstein condensate of 87Rb under the effects of an oscillatory excitation. The condensate is produced through forced evaporative cooling by radio-frequency in a harmonic magnetic trap. The excitation is generated by an oscillatory quadrupole field superimposed on the trapping potential. For a fixed value of the frequency of the excitation we observe the production of different regimes in the condensate as a function of two parameters of the excitation: the time and the amplitude. For the lowest values of these parameters we observe a bending of the main axis of the condensate. This demonstrates that the excitation is able to transfer angular momentum into the sample. By increasing the time or the amplitude of the excitation we observe the nucleation of an increasing number of quantized vortices. If the value of the parameters of the excitation is increased even further the vortices evolve into a different regime which we have identified as quantum turbulence. In this regime, the vortices are tangled among each other, generating a highly irregular array. For the highest values of the excitation the condensate breaks into pieces surrounded by a thermal cloud. This constitutes a different regime which we have identified as granulation. We present numerical simulations together with other theoretical considerations which allow us to interpret our observations. In this thesis we also describe the construction of a second experimental setup whose objective is to study magnetic properties of a Bose-Einstein condensate of 87Rb. In this new system the condensate is produced in a hybrid trap which combines a magnetic trap with an optical dipole trap. Bose-Einstein condensation has been already achieved in the new apparatus; experiments will be performed in the near future.Neste trabalho, estudamos um condensado de Bose-Einstein de átomos de 87Rb sob os efeitos de uma excitação oscilatória. O condensado é produzido por meio de resfriamento evaporativo por radiofreqüência em uma armadilha magnética harmônica. A excitação é gerada por um campo quadrupolar oscilatório sobreposto ao potencial de aprisionamento. Para um valor fixo da freqüência de excitação, observamos a produção de diferentes regimes no condensado como função de dois parâmetros da excitação, a saber, o tempo e a amplitude. Para os valores mais baixos destes parâmetros observamos a inclinação do eixo principal do condensado, isto demonstra que a excitação transfere momento angular à amostra. Ao aumentar o tempo ou a amplitude da excitação observamos a nucleação de um número crescente de vórtices quantizados. Se incrementarmos ainda mais o valor dos parâmetros da excitação, os vórtices evoluem para um novo regime que identificamos como turbulência quântica. Neste regime, os vórtices se encontram emaranhados entre si, dando origem a um arranjo altamente irregular. Para os valores mais altos da excitação o condensado se quebra em pedaços rodeados por uma nuvem térmica. Isto constitui um novo regime que identificamos como a granulação do condensado. Apresentamos simulações numéricas junto com outras considerações teóricas que nos permitem interpretar as nossas observações. Nesta tese, apresentamos ainda a descrição da montagem de um segundo sistema experimental cujo objetivo é o de estudar propriedades magnéticas de um condensado de Bose-Einstein de 87Rb. Neste novo sistema o condensado é produzido em uma armadilha híbrida composta por uma armadilha magnética junto com uma armadilha óptica de dipolo. A condensação de Bose-Einstein foi já observada neste novo sistema, os experimentos serão realizados no futuro próximo.
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Landini, Manuele. "A tunable Bose-Einstein condensate for quantum interferometry." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Trento, 2012. https://hdl.handle.net/11572/368380.
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The subject of this thesis is the use of BECs for atom interferometry. The standard way atom interferometry is today performed is by interrogating free falling samples of atoms. The employed samples are cold (but not condensed) to have high coherence, and dilute, not to interact significantly with each other. This technique represents nowadays an almost mature field of research in which the achievable interferometric sensitivity is bounded by the atomic shot noise. Until a few years ago the employment of BECs in such devices was strongly limited by the effect of the interactions between the condensed atoms. This obstacle is today removable exploiting interaction tuning techniques. The use of BECs would be advantageous for atom interferometry inasmuch they represents the matter analogue of the optical laser providing the maximum coherence allowed by quantum mechanics. Moreover, non-linear dynamic can be exploited in order to prepare entangled states of the system. The realization of entangled samples can lead to sub-shot noise sensitivity of the interferometers. At today very nice proof-of-principle experiments have been realized in this direction but a competitive device is still missing. This thesis work is inserted in a long term project whose goal is the realization of such a device. The basic operational idea of the project starts with the preparation of a BEC in a double well potential. By the effect of strong interactions the atomic system can be driven into an entangled state. Once the entangled state is prepared, interactions can be †switched off†and the interferometric sequence performed.
This thesis begins with the description of the apparatus for the production of tunable BECs to be used in the interferometer. We chose to work with 39K atoms because this atomic species presents many convenient Feshabch resonances at easily accessible magnetic field values. The cooling of this particular atomic species presents many difficulties, both for the laser and evaporative cooling processes. For this reason, this was the last alkaline atom to be condensed. Its condensation up to now was only possible by employing sympathetic cooling with another species. In this thesis our solutions to the various cooling issues is reported. In particular we realized sub-Doppler cooling for the first time for this species and we achieved condensation via evaporation in an optical dipole trap taking advantage of a Feshbach resonance. In the last part of this work, are presented original calculations for the effects of thermal fluctuations on the coherence of a BEC in a double well, discussing the interplay between thermal fluctuations and interactions in this system. Estimations and feasibility studies regarding the double well trap to be realized are also reported.
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Landini, Manuele. "A tunable Bose-Einstein condensate for quantum interferometry." Doctoral thesis, University of Trento, 2012. http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/801/1/tesidott.pdf.
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The subject of this thesis is the use of BECs for atom interferometry. The standard way atom interferometry is today performed is by interrogating free falling samples of atoms. The employed samples are cold (but not condensed) to have high coherence, and dilute, not to interact significantly with each other. This technique represents nowadays an almost mature field of research in which the achievable interferometric sensitivity is bounded by the atomic shot noise. Until a few years ago the employment of BECs in such devices was strongly limited by the effect of the interactions between the condensed atoms. This obstacle is today removable exploiting interaction tuning techniques. The use of BECs would be advantageous for atom interferometry inasmuch they represents the matter analogue of the optical laser providing the maximum coherence allowed by quantum mechanics. Moreover, non-linear dynamic can be exploited in order to prepare entangled states of the system. The realization of entangled samples can lead to sub-shot noise sensitivity of the interferometers. At today very nice proof-of-principle experiments have been realized in this direction but a competitive device is still missing. This thesis work is inserted in a long term project whose goal is the realization of such a device. The basic operational idea of the project starts with the preparation of a BEC in a double well potential. By the effect of strong interactions the atomic system can be driven into an entangled state. Once the entangled state is prepared, interactions can be ”switched off” and the interferometric sequence performed.
This thesis begins with the description of the apparatus for the production of tunable BECs to be used in the interferometer. We chose to work with 39K atoms because this atomic species presents many convenient Feshabch resonances at easily accessible magnetic field values. The cooling of this particular atomic species presents many difficulties, both for the laser and evaporative cooling processes. For this reason, this was the last alkaline atom to be condensed. Its condensation up to now was only possible by employing sympathetic cooling with another species. In this thesis our solutions to the various cooling issues is reported. In particular we realized sub-Doppler cooling for the first time for this species and we achieved condensation via evaporation in an optical dipole trap taking advantage of a Feshbach resonance. In the last part of this work, are presented original calculations for the effects of thermal fluctuations on the coherence of a BEC in a double well, discussing the interplay between thermal fluctuations and interactions in this system. Estimations and feasibility studies regarding the double well trap to be realized are also reported.
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Henkel, Nils. "Rydberg-dressed Bose-Einstein condensates." Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2014. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-130499.
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My dissertation treats the physics of ultracold gases, in particular of Bose-Einstein condensates with long-ranged interactions induced by admixing a small fraction of a Rydberg state to the atomic ground state. The resulting interaction leads to the emergence of supersolid states and to the self-trapping of a Bose-Einstein condensate.
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Hunger, David. "A Bose-Einstein condensate coupled to a micromechanical oscillator." Diss., lmu, 2010. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-115349.
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Zipkes, Christoph. "A trapped single ion inside a Bose-Einstein condensate." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2011. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/241264.
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In recent years, improved control of the motional and internal quantum states of ultracold neutral atoms and ions has opened intriguing possibilities for quantum simulation and quantum computation. Many-body effects have been explored with hundreds of thousands of quantum-degenerate neutral atoms and coherent light-matter interfaces have been built. Systems of single or a few trapped ions have been used to demonstrate universal quantum computing algorithms and to detect variations of fundamental constants in precision atomic clocks. Now in our experiment we investigate how the two systems can be advantageously combined. We immerse a single trapped Yb+ ion in a Bose-Einstein condensate of Rb atoms. Our hybrid setup consists of a linear RF-Paul trap which is overlapped with a magnetic trap and an optical dipole trap for the neutral atoms. A first synergetic effect is the sympathetic cooling of the trapped ions to very low temperatures through collisions with the ultracold neutral gas and thus without applying laser light to the ions. We observe the dynamics of this effect by measuring the mean ion energy after having an initially hot ion immersed into the condensate for various interaction times, while at the same time monitoring the effects of the collisions on the condensate. The observed ion cooling effect calls for further research into the possibility of using such hybrid systems for the continuous cooling of quantum computers. To this end a good understanding of the fundamental interaction processes between the ion and the neutrals is essential. We investigate the energy dependent elastic scattering properties by measuring neutral atom losses and temperature increase from an ultracold thermal cloud of Rb. By comparison with a Monte-Carlo simulation we gain a deeper understanding of how the different parameters affect the collisional effects. Additionally, we observe charge exchange reactions at the single particle level and measure the energy-independent reaction rate constants. The reaction products are identified by in-trap mass spectrometry, revealing the branching ratio between radiative and non-radiative charge exchange processes.
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Schelle, Alexej. "Environment-induced dynamics in a dilute Bose-Einstein condensate." Phd thesis, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris VI, 2009. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00438496.
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We directly model the quantum many particle dynamics during the transition of a gas of N indistinguishable bosons into a Bose-Einstein condensate. To this end, we develop a quantitative quantum master equation theory, which takes into account two body interaction processes, and in particular describes the particle number fluctuations characteristic for the Bose-Einstein phase transition. Within the Markovian dynamics assumption, we analytically prove and numerically verify the Boltzmann ergodicity conjecture for a dilute, weakly interacting Bose-Einstein condensate. The new physical bottom line of our theory is the direct microscopic monitoring of the Bose-Einstein distribution during condensate formation in real-time, after a sudden quench of the non-condensate atomic density above the critical density for Bose-Einstein condensation.
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MacCormick, Calum. "Coherent atom optics with a dilute Bose-Einstein condensate." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.289230.
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Arnold, Aidan. "Preparation and manipulation of an '8'7Rb Bose-Einstein condensate." Thesis, University of Sussex, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.299951.
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Wynar, Roahn Helden. "Ultra-cold molecules in an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate /." Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3004403.
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Pyle, Andrew James. "Scattering a Bose-Einstein Condensate Off a Modulated Barrier." W&M ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1563898921.
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A quantum pump is a device that transports particles through a circuit with localized time-varying potentials, and without the need for an external applied voltage or chemical potential. Quantum pumping was originally proposed in the context of electron transport in nanowires, but has proven difficult to implement. The ultracold atom approach represents a possible route around the current experimental bottleneck. We present an experiment to study 1D quantum mechanical scattering by an amplitude-modulated barrier. This experiment represents a first step toward implementing a quantum pump for ultracold atoms based on two such barriers modulated out of phase with one another. A single oscillating barrier imparts or subtracts kinetic energy in discrete amounts from the scattered atoms. In this manner, the energy spectrum of the scattered atoms resembles a comb with a tooth spacing proportional to the oscillation frequency of the barrier. This effect is analogous to the frequency modulation of a radio wave to add sidebands to a carrier frequency, where the carrier is the kinetic energy of ultracold atoms and the oscillating barrier provides the modulating signal. Numerical simulations of the scattering process confirm this basic scattering picture. We present dual chamber, dual-species a atom chip apparatus that produces quasi-pure Rubidium-87 Bose-Einstein condensates (BEC) of 10,000 atoms used to study the quantum scattering dynamics. The proposed experiment operates by releasing a BEC from a relaxed magnetic chip trap and directing it horizontally towards a tightly focused laser beam that serves as an oscillating barrier. A magnetic field gradient provided by is used to control the vertical motion of the BEC. Detection is carried out with a time of flight technique to resolve discrete atomic packet sidebands. This method can be used to study momentum sideband generation with a BEC in the presence of no or weak interactions. Dark-ground imaging can be used to detect small atom number BECs, which will have the benefit of weaker interactions.
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Stickney, James Arthur. "A theoretical analysis of Bose-Einstein condensate based beamsplitters, interferometers, and transistors." Worcester, Mass. : Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2008. http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/ETD/Available/etd-032708-124639/.
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Karhu, Robin. "Targeted Energy Transfer in Bose-Einstein Condensates." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Teoretisk Fysik, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-98279.
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Targeted Energy Transfer is a resonance phenomenon in coupled anharmonic oscillators. In this thesis we investigate if the concept of Targeted Energy Transfer is applicable to Bose-Einsteain condensates in optical lattices. The model used to describe Bose-Einstein condensates in optical lattices is based on the Gross-Pitaevskii equation. Targeted Energy Transfer in these systems would correspond to energy being transferred from one lattice site to another. We also try to expand the concept of Targeted Energy Transfer to a system consisting of three sites, where one of the sites are considered a perturbation to the system. We have concluded that it is possible to achieve Targeted Energy Transfer in a three-site system. The set-up of the system will in some of the cases studied lead to interesting properties, such as more energy being transferred to the acceptor site than what was initially localized on the donor site.
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Chang, Ming-Shien. "Coherent Spin Dynamics of a Spin-1 Bose-Einstein Condensate." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/10547.
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Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) is a phenomenon in which identical bosons occupy the same quantum state below a certain critical temperature. A hallmark of BEC is the coherence between particles every particle shares the same quantum wavefunction and phase. This coherence has been demonstrated for the external (motional) degrees of freedom of the atomic condensates by interfering two condensates. In this thesis, the coherence is shown to extend to the internal spin degrees of freedom of a spin-1 Bose gas evidenced by the observed coherent and reversible spin-changing collisions. The observed coherent dynamics are analogous to Josephson oscillations in weakly connected superconductors and represent a type of matter-wave four-wave mixing. Control of the coherent evolution of the system using magnetic fields is also demonstrated. The studies on spinor condensates begin by creating spinor condensates directly using all-optical approaches that were first developed in our laboratory. All-optical formation of Bose-Einstein condensates (BEC) in 1D optical lattice and single focus trap geometries are developed and presented. These techniques offer considerable flexibility and speed compared to magnetic trap approaches, and the trapping potential can be essentially spin-independent and are ideally suited for studying spinor condensates. Using condensates with well-defined initial non-equilibrium spin configuration, spin mixing of F = 1 and F = 2 spinor condensates of rubidium-87 atoms confined in an optical trap is observed. The equilibrium spin configuration in the F = 1 manifold confirms that 87Rb is ferromagnetic. The coherent spinor dynamics are demonstrated by initiating spin mixing deterministically with a non-stationary spin population configuration. Finally, the interplay between the coherent spin mixing and spatial dynamics in spin-1 condensates with ferromagnetic interactions is investigated.
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Bookjans, Eva M. "Relative number squeezing in a Spin-1 Bose-Einstein condensate." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/37148.
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The quantum properties of matter waves, in particular quantum correlations and entanglement are an important frontier in atom optics with applications in quantum metrology and quantum information. In this thesis, we report the first observation of sub-Poissonian fluctuations in the magnetization of a spinor 87Rb condensate. The fluctuations in the magnetization are reduced up to 10 dB below the classical shot noise limit. This relative number squeezing is indicative of the predicted pair-correlations in a spinor condensate and lay the foundation for future experiments involving spin-squeezing and entanglement measurements. We have investigated the limits of the imaging techniques used in our lab, absorption and fluorescence imaging, and have developed the capability to measure atoms numbers with an uncertainly < 10 atoms. Condensates as small as ≈ 10 atoms were imaged and the measured fluctuations agree well with the theoretical predictions. Furthermore, we implement a reliable calibration method of our imaging system based on quantum projection noise measurements. We have resolved the individual lattice sites of a standing-wave potential created by a CO2 laser, which has a lattice spacing of 5.3 µm. Using microwaves, we site-selectively address and manipulate the condensate and therefore demonstrate the ability to perturb the lattice condensate of a local level. Interference between condensates in adjacent lattice sites and lattice sites separated by a lattice site are observed.
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Hamley, Christopher David. "Spin-nematic squeezing in a spin-1 Bose-Einstein condensate." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/47523.
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The primary study of this thesis is spin-nematic squeezing in a spin-1 condensate.
The measurement of spin-nematic squeezing builds on the success of previous experiments of spin-mixing together with advances in low noise atom counting.
The major contributions of this thesis are linking theoretical models to experimental results and the development of the intuition and tools to address the squeezed subspaces.
Understanding how spin-nematic squeezing is generated and how to measure it has required a review of several theoretical models of spin-mixing as well as extending these existing models. This extension reveals that the squeezing is between quadratures of a spin moment and a nematic (quadrapole) moment in abstract subspaces of the SU(3) symmetry group of the spin-1 system.
The identification of the subspaces within the SU(3) symmetry allowed the development of techniques using RF and microwave oscillating magnetic fields to manipulate the phase space in order to measure the spin-nematic squeezing. Spin-mixing from a classically meta-stable state, the phase space manipulation, and low noise atom counting form the core of the experiment to measure spin-nematic squeezing. Spin-nematic squeezing is also compared to its quantum optics analogue, two-mode squeezing generated by four-wave mixing.
The other experimental study in this thesis is performing spin-dependent photo-association spectroscopy. Spin-mixing is known to depend on the difference of the strengths of the scattering channels of the atoms. Optical Feshbach resonances have been shown to be able to alter these scattering lengths but with prohibitive losses of atoms near the resonance. The possibility of using multiple nearby resonances from different scattering channels has been proposed to overcome this limitation. However there was no spectroscopy in the literature which analyzes for the different scattering channels of atoms for the same initial states. Through analysis of the initial atomic states, this thesis studies how the spin state of the atoms affects what photo-association resonances are available to the colliding atoms based on their scattering channel and how this affects the optical Feshbach resonances. From this analysis a prediction is made for the extent of alteration of spin-mixing achievable as well as the impact on the atom loss rate.
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Marshall, Richard John. "Semi classical description of a finite temperature Bose Einstein condensate." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.249508.
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Kafle, Rudra Prasad. "Theoretical Study of Bose-Einstein Condensate-Based Atom Michelson Interferometers." Digital WPI, 2012. https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-dissertations/184.
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Atom interferometers and gyroscopes are highly sensitive atom-optical devices which are capable to measure inertial, gravitational, electric, and magnetic fields and to sense rotations. Theoretically, the signal-to-noise ratio of atomic gyroscopes is about a hundred billion times more than that of their optical counterparts for the same particle flux and the enclosed area. Ultra cold atoms from a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) can easily be controlled and coherently manipulated on small chips by laser pulses. Atom-optical devices will therefore play a significant role in fundamental research, precision measurements, and navigation systems. In BEC-based atom interferometers, a BEC in a trap is split by using laser pulses, the split clouds are allowed to evolve, they are reflected, and then recombined by laser pulses to observe interference. The split clouds accumulate spatial phase because of the trap and the nonlinearity caused by atom-atom interactions. A velocity mismatch due to reflection laser pulses also introduces a phase gradient across each cloud. These factors contribute to spatial relative phase between the clouds at recombination, causing the loss of contrast of the interference fringes. The main objective of this dissertation is to study the dynamics of a split condensate in atom Michelson interferometers, investigate the effect of trap frequencies, nonlinearity, and the velocity mismatch on the contrast, and to obtain the best theoretical limit of performance in terms of the experimental parameters: trap frequencies, number of atoms, and the velocity imparted to the clouds by the splitting laser pulses.
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Anquez, Martin. "Kibble-Zurek mechanism in a spin-1 Bose-Einstein condensate." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/54385.
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The Kibble-Zurek mechanism (KZM) primarily characterizes scaling in the formation of topological defects when a system crosses a continuous phase transition. The KZM was first used to study the evolution of the early universe, describing the topology of cosmic domains and strings as the symmetry-breaking phase transitions acted on the vacuum fields during the initial cooling.
A ferromagnetic spin-1 $^{87}$Rb Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) exhibits a second-order gapless quantum phase transition due to a competition between the magnetic and collisional spin interaction energies. Unlike extended systems where the KZM is illustrated by topological defects, we focus our study on the temporal evolution of the spin populations and observe how the scaling of the spin dynamics depend on how fast the system is driven through the critical point. In our case, the excitations are manifest in the temporal evolution of the spin populations illustrating a Kibble-Zurek type scaling, where the dynamics of slow quenches through the critical point are predicted to exhibit universal scaling as a function of quench speed.
The KZM has been studied theoretically and experimentally in a large variety of systems. There has also been a tremendous interest in the KZM in the cold atoms community in recent years. It has been observed not only in ion chains and in atomic gases in optical lattices, but also in Bose gases through the formation of vortices or solitons.
The KZM in the context of crossing the quantum phase transition in a ferromagnetic BEC has been theoretically studied, but this thesis is the first experimental investigation of this phenomenon.
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Shiozaki, Rodrigo Figueiredo. "Quantum turbulence and thermodynamics on a trapped Bose-Einstein condensate." Universidade de São Paulo, 2013. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/76/76131/tde-12022014-092540/.
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In this thesis we have basically studied two aspects of BoseEinstein condensation (BEC) in trapped dilute gases: (i) superfluidity with the possible onset of quantum turbulence (QT), and (ii) nonuniformity, which suggests the definition of new variables in order to build a global thermodynamic description. Both analyses were performed in a 87Rb BEC magnetically trapped in a QuadrupoleIoffe configuration (QUIC) trap. Concerning the first item, vortices and QT were generated by applying an oscillatory excitation formed by a quadrupole magnetic field superimposed onto the QUIC trapping potential. Scanning both the excitation amplitude and its duration allowed us to observe different regimes, particularly one with regular, welldefined vortices and another, where the onset of QT is believed to have occurred. The transition between this two regimes were explained by considering the finitesize characteristic of trapped gases. Additionally, data analyses on three vortex configurations suggested the presence of both vortices and antivortices (opposite circulation sign), and the vortex nucleation mechanism was proposed to be related to a relative motion between the condensate and thermal components, namely a counterflow. As for the second item, the BEC transition in our experiment was characterized in terms of new global thermodynamic variables. A phase diagram was constructed and compared to the superfluid helium phase transition. Finally, we provide preliminary results on the calculation of a global heat capacity, and briefly discuss the advantages of this new approach over the local density approximation alternative, particularly on BEC clouds in the presence of vortices and QT.Nesta tese, nós estudamos dois aspectos da condensação de BoseEinstein (CBE) em gases diluídos aprisionados: (i) superfluidez e a possível ocorrência de turbulência quântica (TQ); e (ii) nãouniformidade, o que sugere um tratamento termodinâmico diferente pela definição de novas variáveis globais. Ambos os estudos foram realizados em amostras condensadas de átomos de 87Rb aprisionados magneticamente numa armadilha do tipo QUIC. Em relação ao primeiro item, a geração de vórtices e TQ ocorreu pela aplicação de uma excitação oscilatória gerada pela adição de um campo quadrupolar ao potencial confinante do QUIC. Como dependência da amplitude e duração da excitação, diferentes regimes foram observados. Particularmente, num dos regimes, apenas vórtices bem definidos foram observados e em outro, imagens consistentes com a ocorrência de TQ foram obtidas. A transição entre estes dois regimes foi explicada em termos do tamanho finito característico de gases aprisionados. Além disto, através da análise de dados mostrando configurações com três vórtices, pudemos inferir a presença de vórtices e antivórtices (circulação oposta). Para explicar o mecanismo de nucleação de vórtices, analisamos, como possível causa, um movimento relativo entre as componentes térmicas e condensadas das amostras, conhecido como contrafluxo. Já em relação ao segundo item, a transição de fase da CBE foi descrita em termos de novas variáveis termodinâmicas globais. Um diagrama de fase foi construído ressaltando as semelhanças com a transição observada no hélio superfluido. Por fim, apresentamos resultados preliminares sobre o cálculo de uma capacidade térmica global e discutimos as vantagens desta nova abordagem em relação à alternativa usual baseada na aproximação de densidade local. Estas vantagens são particularmente relevantes no caso de nuvens condensadas que apresentam vórtices e TQ.
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Ivory, Megan K. "Experimental Apparatus for Quantum Pumping with a Bose-Einstein Condensate." W&M ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1593092109.
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Li, Wei. "Quantum dynamics of bose-einstein condensate in 1D optical lattice /." May be available electronically:, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/login?COPT=REJTPTU1MTUmSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=12498.
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Chikkatur, Ananth P. 1975. "Colliding and moving Bose-Einstein condensates : studies of superfluidity and optical tweezers for condensate transport." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/16907.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, February 2003.Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-184).
This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
In this thesis, two different sets of experiments are described. The first is an exploration of the microscopic superfluidity of dilute gaseous Bose-Einstein condensates. The second set of experiments were performed using transported condensates in a new BEC apparatus. Superfluidity was probed by moving impurities through a trapped condensate. The impurities were created using an optical Raman transition, which transferred a small fraction of the atoms into an untrapped hyperfine state. A dramatic reduction in the collisions between the moving impurities and the condensate was observed when the velocity of the impurities was close to the speed of sound of the condensate. This reduction was attributed to the superfluid properties of a BEC. In addition, we observed an increase in the collisional density as the number of impurity atoms increased. This enhancement is an indication of bosonic stimulation by the occupied final states. This stimulation was observed both at small and large velocities relative to the speed of sound. A theoretical calculation of the effect of finite temperature indicated that collision rate should be enhanced at small velocities due to thermal excitations. However, in the current experiments we were insensitive to this effect. Finally, the factor of two between the collisional rate between indistinguishable and distinguishable atoms was confirmed. A new BEC apparatus that can transport condensates using optical tweezers was constructed. Condensates containing 10-15 million sodium atoms were produced in 20 s using conventional BEC production techniques. These condensates were then transferred into an optical trap that was translated from the 'production chamber' into a separate vacuum chamber: the 'science chamber'.
(cont.) Typically, we transferred 2-3 million condensed atoms in less than 2 s. This transport technique avoids optical and mechanical constrainsts of conventional condensate experiments and allows for the possibility of novel experiments. In the first experiments using transported BEC, we loaded condensed atoms from the optical tweezers into both macroscopic and miniaturized magnetic traps. Using microfabricated wires on a silicon chip, we observed excitation-less propagation of a BEC in a magnetic waveguide. The condensates fragmented when brought very close to the wire surface indicating that imperfections in the fabrication process might limit future experiments. Finally, we generated a continuous BEC source by periodically replenishing a condensate held in an optical reservoir trap using fresh condensates delivered using optical tweezers. More than a million condensed atoms were always present in the continuous source, raising the possibility of realizing a truly continuous atom laser.
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Orozco, Arnol Daniel Garcia. "Efeito da turbulência quântica na expansão livre de um superfluido atômico." Universidade de São Paulo, 2018. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/76/76131/tde-02102018-100959/.
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Neste trabalho, estudamos o efeito da turbulência quântica na expansão livre do condensado de Bose-Einstein de 87Rb. O BEC é produzido em uma armadilha magnética tipo QUIC, em seguida o condensado é perturbado através da aplicação de um campo magnético. A superposição de campos magnéticos excita os modos coletivos em condições de baixa amplitude de excitação. No entanto para altas amplitudes de excitação, foi possível observar também outros efeitos, tais como: a variação do perfil de densidade e a diminuição na taxa de expansão dos átomos. A distribuição de momento dos átomos perturbados, indica a presença de turbulência quântica no superfluido caracterizada por uma cascata de energia dentro da faixa inercial. Os resultados da expansão livre do BEC mostram a variação do perfil de distribuição de densidade dos átomos evoluindo de um perfil Gaussiano a um perfil exponencial para altas amplitudes de excitação. O mesmo efeito foi observado ao aumentar o tempo de excitação na condição de baixas amplitudes de excitação. Além da variação do perfil de distribuição de densidade, a taxa da expansão dos átomos não perturbados é maior do que os átomos perturbados, apresentando a ocorrência de uma diminuição anisotrópica, significativa, da velocidade dos átomos durante a expansão livre. A diminuição da taxa de expansão pode estar relacionado com o fenômeno de localização durante a expansão livre dos átomos.In this work, we study the effect of quantum turbulence on the free expansion of the Bose-Einstein condensate of 87Rb. The BEC is produced in a quic magnetic trap, then the condensate is disturbed by the application of a magnetic field. Superposition of magnetic fields excites collective modes under conditions of low amplitude of excitation. However, for high amplitudes of excitation, it was possible to observe other effects, such as: the variation of the density profile and the decrease in the rate of expansion of the atoms. The momentum distribution of the perturbed atoms indicates the presence of quantum turbulence in the superfluid characterized by a cascade of energy within the inertial band. The results of the free expansion of the BEC show the variation of the density distribution profile of the atoms evolving from a Gaussian profile to an exponential profile for high excitation amplitudes. The same effect was observed by increasing the excitation time in the condition of low excitation amplitudes. In addition to the variation of the density distribution profile, the rate of expansion of the undisturbed atoms is greater than the perturbed atoms, with the occurrence of a significant anisotropic decrease in the velocity of the atoms during free expansion. The decrease in the rate of expansion may be related to the localization phenomenon during the free expansion of the atoms.
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Chiquillo, Márquez Emerson Evaristo [UNESP]. "Bright solitons in a quasi-one-dimensional dipolar Bose-Einstein condensate." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/108899.
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Os gases atômicos ultrafrios têm proporcionado um importante ambiente no estudo de sistemas quânticos de muitas partículas nas duas últimas décadas. Em 2005, a realização experimental dum condensado de Bose-Einstein de 'INTPOT. 52 Cr' com interação magnética dipolo dipolo inter-atômica abriu a porta para um novo nível na pesquisa de gases quânticos degenerados. Ao contrário da interacção de contacto, esta nova interação é de longo alcance e anisotrópica sendo em parte repulsiva ou atrativa. Na aproximação de campomeio, inicialmente, são introduzidas as principais questões sobre condesados com especial interesse no regime atrativo (a< 0) onde é possível a formação de solitons brilhantes e a existência da instabilidade por colapso além de um certo valor crítico. O estudo é realizado,principalmente,usandoummétodonuméricoeumvariacional. Posteriormente, o condensado de Bose-Einstein dipolar é descrito através da equação não-local de GrossPitaevskii. A partir do cenário não-dipolar, por meio da extensão no método numérico e no método variacional é determinada a formação de solitons brilhantes na equação de Gross-Pitaevskii nos modelos tridimensional e quasi-unidimensional para três diferentes condensados dipolares de relevância experimental, isto é 'INTPOT. 52 Cr', 'INTPOT. 168 Er' e 'INTPOT. 164 Dy'. Grá?cos do potencial químico e a raiz quadrática média (rms) dos solitons são obtidos. Finalmente, estuda-se a dinâmica da colisão de dois solitons brilhantes no modelo dipolar quasi-1D de cada condensado acima
The ultracold atomic gases have provided an important environment for studying quantum many-particle systems in the last two decades. In 2005 the experimental realization of a 'INTPOT. 52 Cr' Bose-Einstein condensate with inter-atomic magnetic dipole dipole interaction opened the door to a new level in the research of degenerate quantum gases. As opposed to the usual contact interaction, this new interaction is long-range and anisotropic being partially repulsive or attractive. In the mean-?eld approximation initially are introduced the main issues about non-dipolar condensates with particular interest in the attractive regime (a< 0) where is possible the formation of bright solitons and the existence of instability by collapse beyond a certain critical value. The study is carried out mainly using a numerical method and a variational one. Later, the dipolar Bose-Einstein condensate is depicted by means of the non-local Gross-Pitaevskii equation. From the non-dipolar scenario by means of the extension in the numerical and the variational method is determined the formation of bright solitons in the GPE in the three-dimensional model and thequasi-one-dimensionaltothreedi?erentdipolarcondensatesofexperimentalrelevance, namely 'INTPOT. 52 Cr', 'INTPOT. 168 Er' and 'INTPOT. 164 Dy'. Plots of chemical potential and rms sizes of solitons are obtained. Finally, it is studied collision dynamics of two bright solitons in the quasi-1D dipolar model of every condensate above
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Balewski, Jonathan B. [Verfasser]. "A single electron in a Bose-Einstein condensate / Jonathan B. Balewski." München : Verlag Dr. Hut, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1050331826/34.
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Parke, Matthew Ian. "Lowest Landau level vortex phenomena in an elliptical Bose-Einstein condensate." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.433699.
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Nolli, Raffaele. "Rubidium 87 Bose Einstein condensate in a driven 1D optical lattice." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2018. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10040709/.
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The long term aim of the work is to study non-equilibrium and symmetry-breaking phenomena for a Bose-Einstein condensate in time-dependent optical traps. The work presented in this thesis is mostly devoted to the design, construction and testing of the apparatus, in which condensation was successfully achieved. The first part of this thesis describes the design and construction of a hybrid setup for the production of a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) of 87 Rb in the |F = 2, m F = +2 > state. The vacuum system is composed of a first chamber, where a low-velocity intense source (LVIS) of atoms is produced to provide a pre-cooled atomic beam to the science chamber, where the magneto-optical trap (MOT) is produced, trapping more than 3 x 10 8 atoms at a temperature of roughly 400 μK. Forced radio- frequency evaporation is performed in a quadrupole magnetic trap and the atoms are transferred to a hybrid far-detuned optical trap in a crossed-beams configuration; evaporation in the optical potential leads to reliable production of a BEC every 50 s, composed of 10^5 atoms at a temperature of 10-30 nK. To ensure fine control on the optical potential depth and high intensity and pointing stability, a stabilisation system has been developed and characterised. The second part of this thesis describes the realisation of a 1D optical lattice, produced by two phase-locked laser beams emitting at 780 nm, with a red detuning of approximately 3.5 GHz, in counter-propagating configuration. Oscillating forces obtained by phase-modulating the optical potential are applied.
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Moss, Stephen C. (Stephen Calvin) 1974. "Formation and decay of a Bose-Einstein condensate in atomic hydrogen." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8489.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2002.Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-264).
The formation and decay of a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) in atomic hydrogen is studied. Magnetically trapped hydrogen atoms were evaporatively cooled close to the onset of Bose-Einstein condensation and then suddenly quenched below the transition temperature. The subsequent condensate formation and decay were observed using time-resolved laser spectroscopy of the two-photon S - 2S transition. Theory is developed to quantitatively describe the formation and decay of the condensate using a modified version of the time-dependent theory developed previously by Bijlsma, Zaremba and Stoof [Phys. Rev. A 62, 063609 (2000)]. The modifications consist of properly including dipolar spin-relaxation processes that occur in a doubly spin-polarized atomic gas and the experimental evaporative cooling procedure used to quench the gas below the critical temperature. The modifications are essential for understanding the hydrogen condensate formation experiments, and our simulations are in good quantitative agreement with experiment. In our comparison between theory and experiment, we find that a condensate of atomic hydrogen has the same collisional frequency shift of the two-photon IS-2S resonance as a noncondensed gas at the same density. This finding contradicts theoretical predictions of the collisional shift for trapped samples with a homogeneous density. We suggest that elastic collisions occuring during the laser excitation process destroy correlations between the excited 2S atom and the IS background, leading to a collisional frequency shift for the noncondensed gas half as large as predicted.
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Ramos, Edmir Ravazzi Franco. "Oscillatory interaction in a Bose-Einstein condensate: collective and topological excitations." Universidade de São Paulo, 2012. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/76/76131/tde-28052012-152412/.
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In this work, we theoretically analyze the behavior of a Bose-Einstein condensate when it is submitted to oscillatory interactions. For that, a homogeneous magnetic field is applied, tuned near a Feshbach resonance, and then it is set to oscillate in time. This variation of the magnetic field causes a scattering length oscillation, which oscillates to interatomic interaction. Thus, we study collective and topological excitations due this oscillation in the interaction. In addition, we have seen a coupling between collective modes as well a dynamical phase transition associated to topological excitationNeste trabalho, analisamos teoricamente o comportamento de um condensado de Bose-Einstein quando submetido a interações oscilatórias. Para tal, é aplicado um campo magnético homogêneo, sintonizado próximo a uma ressonância de Feshbach e então colocado a oscilar no tempo. Esta variação do campo magnético faz com que o comprimento de espalhamento oscile, oscilando portanto a interação entre os átomos. Com isso, estudamos as excitações coletivas e topológicas provocadas devido a oscilação da interação. Além disso, vimos o acoplamento entre modos coletivos e uma transição de fase dinâmica associada a excitação topológica
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Chiquillo, Márquez Emerson Evaristo. "Bright solitons in a quasi-one-dimensional dipolar Bose-Einstein condensate /." São Paulo, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/108899.
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Orientador: Sadhan Kumar AdhikariBanca: Arnaldo Gammal
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Resumo: Os gases atômicos ultrafrios têm proporcionado um importante ambiente no estudo de sistemas quânticos de muitas partículas nas duas últimas décadas. Em 2005, a realização experimental dum condensado de Bose-Einstein de 'INTPOT. 52 Cr' com interação magnética dipolo dipolo inter-atômica abriu a porta para um novo nível na pesquisa de gases quânticos degenerados. Ao contrário da interacção de contacto, esta nova interação é de longo alcance e anisotrópica sendo em parte repulsiva ou atrativa. Na aproximação de campomeio, inicialmente, são introduzidas as principais questões sobre condesados com especial interesse no regime atrativo (a< 0) onde é possível a formação de solitons brilhantes e a existência da instabilidade por colapso além de um certo valor crítico. O estudo é realizado,principalmente,usandoummétodonuméricoeumvariacional. Posteriormente, o condensado de Bose-Einstein dipolar é descrito através da equação não-local de GrossPitaevskii. A partir do cenário não-dipolar, por meio da extensão no método numérico e no método variacional é determinada a formação de solitons brilhantes na equação de Gross-Pitaevskii nos modelos tridimensional e quasi-unidimensional para três diferentes condensados dipolares de relevância experimental, isto é 'INTPOT. 52 Cr', 'INTPOT. 168 Er' e 'INTPOT. 164 Dy'. Gráficos do potencial químico e a raiz quadrática média (rms) dos solitons são obtidos. Finalmente, estuda-se a dinâmica da colisão de dois solitons brilhantes no modelo dipolar quasi-1D de cada condensado acima
Abstract: The ultracold atomic gases have provided an important environment for studying quantum many-particle systems in the last two decades. In 2005 the experimental realization of a 'INTPOT. 52 Cr' Bose-Einstein condensate with inter-atomic magnetic dipole dipole interaction opened the door to a new level in the research of degenerate quantum gases. As opposed to the usual contact interaction, this new interaction is long-range and anisotropic being partially repulsive or attractive. In the mean-field approximation initially are introduced the main issues about non-dipolar condensates with particular interest in the attractive regime (a< 0) where is possible the formation of bright solitons and the existence of instability by collapse beyond a certain critical value. The study is carried out mainly using a numerical method and a variational one. Later, the dipolar Bose-Einstein condensate is depicted by means of the non-local Gross-Pitaevskii equation. From the non-dipolar scenario by means of the extension in the numerical and the variational method is determined the formation of bright solitons in the GPE in the three-dimensional model and thequasi-one-dimensionaltothreedifferentdipolarcondensatesofexperimentalrelevance, namely 'INTPOT. 52 Cr', 'INTPOT. 168 Er' and 'INTPOT. 164 Dy'. Plots of chemical potential and rms sizes of solitons are obtained. Finally, it is studied collision dynamics of two bright solitons in the quasi-1D dipolar model of every condensate above
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Caracanhas, Mônica Andrioli. "Interações em condensados de Bose-Einstein: temperatura finita e gás dipolar." Universidade de São Paulo, 2010. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/76/76131/tde-23042010-100355/.
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Neste trabalho investigamos os efeitos das interações na expansão de um condensado de átomos de Rb. Dois problemas são abordados: o efeito de temperatura finita e as alterações introduzidas pela interação dipolar. No primeiro caso, dados experimentais não puderam ser explicados por meio da aproximação de Thomas-Fermi (TF) no regime de T = 0. Num condensado de cerca de 1 - 2 x 105 átomos condensados, o desvio da aproximação de TF ocorreu pelo fato de termos desconsiderado a interação dos átomos térmicos com os do condensado. Elaboramos um modelo teórico, baseado em modelos existentes de temperatura finita, o qual explicou relativamente bem os nossos resultados experimentais. No segundo problema atacado, foi analisada a variação na expansão do gás condensado quando a interação dipolar é incluída no sistema. Ambos os problemas mostram aspectos importantes da expansão de gases quânticos.In this study we investigated the effects of interactions on the expansion of a condensate of Rb atoms. Two problems are addressed: the effect of finite temperature and the changes introduced by the dipolar interaction. In the first case, experimental data could not be explained by the Thomas-Fermi (TF) approach in the T = 0 regime. In a condensate of about 1 - 2 x 105 condensed atoms, the deviation of TF approach was due to the fact that we disregarded the interaction of thermal atoms those of the condensate. We developed a theoretical model, based on existing models of finite temperature, which explained relatively well our experimental results. In the second problem considered, we analyzed the variation in the expansion of the condensate gas when the dipolar interaction is included in the system. Both problems show important aspects of the expansion of quantum gases.
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Damon, François. "Sonder des structures complexes avec des ondes de matière." Thesis, Toulouse 3, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015TOU30342/document.
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Ce manuscrit présente les travaux que j'ai effectués au Laboratoire de Physique Théorique durant ma thèse. Ils portent sur l'interaction d'ondes de matière avec des réseaux optiques modulables en temps et en espace. L'utilisation de ces réseaux a permis de contrôler de manière cohérente les propriétés dynamiques d'un gaz d 'atomes ultra-froids. Cette étude théorique a été réalisée en collaboration avec le groupe Atomes Froids du Laboratoire LCAR. Les variations spatiales de l'enveloppe d u réseau créent, localement, des gaps spatiaux créant une cavité de Bragg pour onde de matière, dont nous avons étudié en détail les propriétés et qui a fait l'objet d'une réalisation expérimentale impliquant la propagation d'un condensat de Bose-Einstein de rubidium 85 dans un guide d'onde. Nous avons également étudié la propagation d'un nuage d 'atomes dans un réseau bichromatique qui permet de réaliser un simulateur quantique du modèle de Harper. Le spectre du hamiltonien de ce système a une dimension fractale pouvant être caractérisée nu mériquement. Nous avons montré, par ailleurs, qu'il est possible d'exploiter les interactions inter-atomiques répulsives d'un condensat de Bose-Einstein afin d'amplifier les corrélations position-vitesse lors de sa pro pagation dans un guide. Notre étude montre qu'une mesure des grandeurs dynamiques locales du nuage atomique permet de sonder expérimentalement les résonances d'un potentiel optique jusqu'à l'échelle du picoKelvin. Enfin, un nuage d'atomes en interaction attractive admet une solution d'équilibre : le soliton. Nous avons démontré, numériquement, que celui-ci peut être utilisé pour sonder des états liés d'un poten tiel de taille finie, en peuplant ces états lors d'une expérience de diffusion comme, par exemple, des états de surfaceThis thesis presents the studies that I did at the Laboratoire de Physique Théorique. It concerns the interaction between matter waves and time and space depandant optical lattices. Using such lattices allows one to manipulate coherently the dynamical properties of ultra cold atoms. This theoretical study has been done in collaboration with the Cold Atoms group at the LCAR laboratory. The spatial variations of the lattice envelope locally create spatial gaps which create a Bragg cavity for matter waves. We have st udied in detail their properties and the cavity has been realized experimentally by using a Ru bid ium 85 Bose-Einstein condensate in a wave guide. We have also studied the propagation of an atomic cloud in a bichromatic optical lattice which allows us to make a quantum simulator of the Harper madel. The spectrum of the system Hamiltonian· posseses a fractal dimension which can be numerically characterized. We have also shawn that it is possible to use the repulsive interatomic interaction of a Bose-Einstein condensate in arder to amplify the momentum-position correlation during propagation in a guide. Our st udy shows that a mesure of local dynamical quantities of the atomic cloud enables one to experimentally probe resonances of an optical potential down to the picoKelvin scale. At last, an atomic cloud with attractive interactions admit a stable solution, the soliton. We have numerically demonstrated that this soliton can be used to probe bound states of a potential by populating those states through a scattering experiment, for example surface states
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Andriati, Alex Valerio. "Condensados de Bose-Einstein com interação spin-órbita." Universidade de São Paulo, 2018. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/43/43134/tde-21022018-185301/.
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Nesta dissertação são estudados Condensados de Bose-Einstein de átomos com pseudo-spin 1/2 cuja dinâmica orbital está acoplada a estes dois níveis de energia internos. A geração de tal sistema é possível induzindo transições entre os subníveis m_f = -1 e m_f = 0 do estado hiperfino atômico f = 1 usando um arranjo de lasers, os quais também introduzem junto uma dependência espacial dada por suas fases, as quais estão relacionadas a posição do átomo no campo, levando assim à interação acoplando spin e órbita. É considerado então um sistema unidimensional efetivo na mesma direção do acoplamento dos lasers, onde são estudado diferentes observáveis do estado fundamental, para uma varredura dos parâmetros presentes na equação, dando origem a três fases diferenciadas pela distribuição do momento. Foram determinadas estas fases do estado fundamental para interação atrativa, sendo elas modulada(striped), onda plana e de momento nulo, mostrando a localização onde cada uma ocorre no domínio de parâmetros da equação, através de diagramas de fase. São também mostrados, separadamente, observáveis relevantes como momento e desbalanço entre os estados internos nestas transições, os quais apresentaram variações bruscas, ditando valores críticos nos parâmetros, onde ocorrem. Posteriormente é estudado a dinâmica através de soluções do tipo sóliton, as quais não se propagam linearmente e são ditadas por oscilações do centro de massa e das populações, explorando diferentes situações iniciais.In the present dissertation it has been studied Bose-Einstein Condensation of atoms with 1/2 pseudo-spin whose the orbital dynamics is coupled to these two internal energy levels. The generation of such a system is done by inducing transitions between the sub-levels m_f = -1 and m_f = 0 from the hyperfine atomic state f = 1 using an arrangement of lasers, that also introduce a spacial dependence due to their phases, that changes accordingly the atom\'s position in the light field, conducting in this way to a interaction that couples orbital motion with spin. It is then considered an effective one dimensional system in the same direction of the laser coupling, where it has been studied different ground state observables, making a sweeping in the equation parameters, showing three typical phases based on momentum distribution. So far, it was determined these phases for attractive interactions, named striped, plane wave and zero momentum, determining as well the location where each one occurs in the equation\'s parameters through a phase diagram. It is also reported, separately, a few relevant observables as individual momentum of each population and the unbalance between the internal spin states, in the transition among these phases, whose the values present abrupt variations, dictating critical values for the parameters, where it occurs. Lately is presented a dynamical study with soliton like solutions, that do not linearly propagate and instead, shows a center of mass and unbalance oscillation, probing different initial conditions.
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Smaira, André de Freitas. "Dinâmica de um condensado de Bose-Eintein contendo sólitons." Universidade de São Paulo, 2015. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/76/76132/tde-02042015-170017/.
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Condensados de Bose-Einstein (BEC) são sistemas macroscópicos excelentes para a observação do comportamento quântico da matéria. Desde sua obtenção experimental em gases atômicos alcalinos diluídos aprisionados por campos magnéticos, há importantes aspectos relacionados a esse sistema que foram intensamente explorados, como os modos coletivos do BEC harmonicamente aprisionado, seu tunelamento através de barreiras de potencial e os estados excitados desse sistema, incluindo vórtice e sóliton. O último consiste de pacote de onda localizado, que propaga sem mudança de forma. Nesse trabalho, investigamos os novos aspectos que surgem da dinâmica de um sistema composto (condensado aprisionado contendo um sóliton). Há muitos estudos tratando cada parte separadamente: estado fundamental do BEC ou um sóliton em um BEC infinito uniforme estacionário. Estamos nos baseando nessas análises prévias, além da simulação numérica de campo médio do nosso sistema submetido a diferentes condições iniciais (BEC aprisionado no mínimo do potencial harmônico ou BEC deslocado na armadilha contendo um sóliton, além de uma deformação no potencial) para caracterizar a dinâmica desse sistema. Alguns dos nossos resultados puderam ser explicados por meio de predições analítica da chamada aproximação de Thomas-Fermi. Ao final, comparamos as simulações de campo médio (equação de Gross-Pitaevskii) com as advindas da teoria de múltiplos orbitais a fim de justificar o regime de validade da nossa teoria.Bose-Einstein Condensates (BEC) are excellent macroscopic systems to observe the quantum behavior of matter. Since it experimental production in dilute atomic alkali gases trapped by magnetic fields, there are important aspects related to this system that have been intensely explored, like the collective modes of the harmonically trapped BEC, its tunneling through a potential barrier and the excited states of this system, that include the vortex and soliton. The latter consist of localized disturbances, which propagate without change of form. In this work, we investigate the singular aspects that coming from the dynamics of a composite system (trapped BEC containing a soliton). There are many studies that treat each part separately, that include a fundamental state BEC or a soliton inside a uniform infinite extent stationary BEC. We are basing on these previous analyses, besides mean-field numeric simulating our particular system submitted to diferent initial conditions (minimum harmonic potential trapped BEC or dislocated trapped BEC plus a soliton, in addition to a deformation in the potential) to characterize the tunneling dynamics. Some of our results could be explained using analytical predictions of the so called Thomas-Fermi approximation. At the end, we compar the meanfield simulations (Gross-Pitavskii equation) with the simulations from the multiple orbitals theory to justify the validity regime of our theory.
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Isella, Lorenzo. "Quantum dynamics of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a 1D optical lattice." Thesis, University of Hertfordshire, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.421272.
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Yuen, Benjamin. "Production and oscillations of a Bose Einstein condensate on an atom chip." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/18833.
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This thesis describes production of and experiments with a Bose-Einstein condensate of approximately 2 × 10[superscript 4] [superscript 87]Rb atoms, trapped at the surface of an atom chip. In the first half of this thesis I describe the process of trapping and cooling the atomic vapour close to the surface of an atom chip. This process, which cools the vapour by over 9 orders of magnitude, involves a highly complex sequence of events which I implemented and optimised over the first two years of my PhD. In the early stages of this process, the atomic vapour is laser cooled and magneto-optically trapped. The vapour is then transferred to a highly elongated magnetic trap produced by high field gradients a few hundred microns from the surface of the atom chip. Here the vapour is evaporatively cooled to below the transition temperature where a Bose-Einstein condensate emerges. A simple existing analytic model of evaporative cooling is extended in this work to account for the shape of our highly elongated trap. Predictions of this model are presented here along with experimental observations with which it has good agreement. The second part of my thesis investigates some of the characteristics of the condensate, and dynamics of its low energy collective oscillations in the trap, based on experimental measurements taken in the final 18 months of my PhD. In particular, measurements taken of the centre of mass oscillations of the condensate along the long axis of the trap are presented. In the zero temperature limit the condensate is expected to behave as a perfect superfluid, and these low energy oscillations should go undamped. However, at finite temperature where not all atoms in the gas are condensed, damping is observed. In our experiment significant damping is found with an 1/e decay rate which varies between 2s[superscript -1] and 8s[superscript -1], depending on the fraction of non-condensed atoms in the gas. A finite temperature formalism is then used to describe the likely damping mechanism - Landau damping. We use a simple model of this formalism which estimates the temperature dependence of the damping rate γ(T), but find this gives a significant overestimation of the rates we measure. However, we argue that a straightforward adaptation to this model reduces the predicted damping rate significantly, and suggests a functional form of γ(T) that is in much better agreement with our experimental measurements.
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Barr, Iain. "Investigating the dynamics of a Bose Einstein condensate on an atom chip." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/26226.
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In this thesis I discuss work that has been carried out on the dynamics of a Bose Einstein condensate of Rb 87 produced near an atom chip. A Bose Einstein Condensate (BEC) is a quantum state of matter where a single quantum state becomes occupied by a macroscopic number of identical Bosons. In our case this is achieved by cooling a system of trapped identical rubidium 87 atoms to its ground state. To reach temperatures of condensation we initially laser cool atoms from room temperature, before loading them into a magnetic trap. The magnetic trap is produced through a combination of uniform magnetic fields from coils outside our vacuum chamber and currents running through wires on an atom chip. The atom chip is a microfabricated device, produced by a coating a silicon chip with a thin layer of gold and etching wires into it. Together, these fields create a magnetic field minimum 120μm from the surface of the chip which can be used to confine low field seeking hyperfine states of the atom in an elongated harmonic trap. Once the atoms are confined in the magnetic trap we used force evaporative cooling out to reach the phase space densities required for Bose Einstein condensation. The BEC is used to investigate the relative dynamics between the fraction of the atoms in the condensate to those not in the condensate. Our atom chip provided a suitable environment to investigate this due to fragmentation of the magnetic potential close to the chip. Small imperfections in the wires on our atom chip mean that the trapping potential isn't smooth. Small regions of higher trapping frequency - or fragments - are formed. Due to the small size of these fragments it is possible to find a position where a condensate can form in the fragment, and see a potential of high frequency, whereas a non-condensed atom will see a lower frequency potential. We exploit this to set the condensed fraction moving relative to the non condensed part and investigate the subsequent damping of their motion relative to each other.
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Fava, Eleonora. "Static and dynamics properties of a miscible two-component Bose-Einstein condensate." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Trento, 2018. https://hdl.handle.net/11572/367722.
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One of the main reasons which makes Bose-Einstein condensates a successful topic of research is their flexibility for creating systems whose Hamiltonian can be engineered almost at will. A particularly relevant research topic in the ï¬ eld of Bose–Einstein condensation concerns the realization of binary mixtures in the presence of coherent coupling Ω. These systems show properties having analogies with the formation of stripe phases, which are related to supersolidity, or with the formation of domain walls, which are related to quark conï¬ nement in quantum chromodynamics. Technically, the realization of coherently coupled binary mixtures requires a deep knowledge of the system properties, even in absence of coherent coupling between the two states, and a highly precise control of the magnetic ï¬ eld. Both these topics are treated in this research work, which aims to lay the foundation for experimental studies in resonantly-coupled spinor BECs. More in detail, the simplest collective oscillation, i.e., the spin-dipole (SD) oscillation and the static SD polarizability are studied to test the miscibility properties of the system and its response to external perturbation of the trapping potentials, both at zero and at finite temperature in order to characterize the behaviour of the system at Ω = 0. This work also reports the theoretical study done to design a magnetic shield able to guarantee a precise control of the environmental magnetic field and suitable to be used to study the binary mixture in the presence of coherent coupling.
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Fava, Eleonora. "Static and dynamics properties of a miscible two-component Bose-Einstein condensate." Doctoral thesis, University of Trento, 2018. http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/2789/1/PhD_Fava.pdf.
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One of the main reasons which makes Bose-Einstein condensates a successful topic of research is their flexibility for creating systems whose Hamiltonian can be engineered almost at will. A particularly relevant research topic in the field of Bose–Einstein condensation concerns the realization of binary mixtures in the presence of coherent coupling Ω. These systems show properties having analogies with the formation of stripe phases, which are related to supersolidity, or with the formation of domain walls, which are related to quark confinement in quantum chromodynamics. Technically, the realization of coherently coupled binary mixtures requires a deep knowledge of the system properties, even in absence of coherent coupling between the two states, and a highly precise control of the magnetic field. Both these topics are treated in this research work, which aims to lay the foundation for experimental studies in resonantly-coupled spinor BECs. More in detail, the simplest collective oscillation, i.e., the spin-dipole (SD) oscillation and the static SD polarizability are studied to test the miscibility properties of the system and its response to external perturbation of the trapping potentials, both at zero and at finite temperature in order to characterize the behaviour of the system at Ω = 0. This work also reports the theoretical study done to design a magnetic shield able to guarantee a precise control of the environmental magnetic field and suitable to be used to study the binary mixture in the presence of coherent coupling.
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Paolini, Fabio. "Dinâmica gaussiana de sistemas atômicos de Bose-Einstein frios." Universidade de São Paulo, 2005. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/43/43134/tde-24042009-145044/.
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Estudamos as excitações de baixa energia, presentes em um gás de bosons homogêneo, de spin nulo, sujeitos a uma interação de dois corpos repulsiva e a temperatura zero, utilizando a aproximação gaussiana, que consiste num caso particular de aproximação de campo médio. As equações dinâmicas resultantes foram linearizadas ao redor da solução estática de Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov. Obtivemos uma banda contínua e limitada inferiormente, além de um segundo ramo discreto, que define um limite inferior para as excitações e que, ao contrário do resultado proveniente do tratamento de Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov, possui um comportamento linear sem gap com respeito ao momento da excitação no limite de grandes comprimentos de onda, ou seja, possui uma equação de dispersão do tipo fônon. Discutimos também a forma através da qual é possível gerar desvios do equilíbrio, vinculados aos estados excitados, e concluímos haver restrições sobre os possíveis desvios das grandezas características em campo médio gaussiano, quando tais desvios são gerados por transformações infinitesimais unitárias de um corpo tomadas até primeira ordem.We study low-lying excitations of a spinless, homogeneous bose gas, with repulsive interaction, at zero temperature, in terms of a gaussian mean field approximation. The dynamical equations of this approximation have been linearized in small displacements from the well known static Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov solution. We obtain a gapped continous band of excitations above a discrete branch with phonon behavior at large wavelengths. We also discuss the allowed forms of excitations and conclude that restrictions exist for the allowed deviations of the general set of gaussian mean field parameters, when they are generated in first orders by infinitesimal unitary transformations.
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Pinheiro, Fernanda Raquel. "Deslocalização e superfluidez em condensados atômicos de Bose-Einstein." Universidade de São Paulo, 2010. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/43/43134/tde-01072010-134941/.
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O presente trabalho apresenta o estudo das propriedades da condensação de Bose-Einstein e da superfluidez em um sistema bosônico disposto em um arranjo unidimensional de potenciais periódicos em formato de anel. O Hamiltoniano efetivo usual em termos dos operadores de campo é implementado na representação construída em termos das funções de Bloch da primeira banda e o problema é resolvido por meio da sua diagonalização através de métodos numéricos. No limite de hopping pequeno, este modelo é essencialmente equivalente à representação usual do modelo de Bose-Hubbard, mas incorpora efeitos adicionais através das energias de Bloch de partícula independente e dos elementos da matriz de dois corpos na situação em que o hopping é grande [19]. Através da inclusão de rotação no sistema, as energias de partícula independente são forçadas a depender da velocidade angular. Isto implica, correspondentemente, uma dependência da velocidade angular nas funções de onda de partícula independente e nos resultados de muitos corpos obtidos através da diagonalização do Hamiltoniano. Com o objetivo de estudar a superfluidez, o critério de dois fluidos é empregado e através de resultados numéricos obtêm-se a variação da fração de superfluido com o quadrado da velocidade angular. Ainda, considera-se aqui uma expressão perturbativa para o parâmetro inercial do sistema expresso em termos das excitações do sistema sem rotação, o que permite relacionar as energias do sistema com rotação com aquelas do sistema sem rotação. Isto é particularmente interessante para obter a fração de superfluido em termos da informação espectral do sistema sem rotação. Resultados semelhantes podem ser encontrados através da definição de superfluido baseada na resposta do sistema a uma variação de fase, imposta através de condições de contorno torcidas [30, 33], mas com a diferença de que os desenvolvimentos aqui não fazem uso da hipótese do modo condensado. De maneira geral, os resultados numéricos obtidos indicam, que pelo menos para este sistema, as frações de superfluido e condensado são quantidades sem relação direta, sugerindo então que mesmo para sistemas gasosos diluídos a idéia de que a superfluidez é uma consequência da condensação de Bose-Einstein deve ser considerada com mais cuidado.In this work we study the properties of Bose-Einstein condensation and superfluidity in a finite bosonic system in a 1-dimensional ring with a periodic potential under rotation. The usual field effective Hamiltonian is implemented in a representation constructed in terms of the first band Bloch functions and the problem is solved by numeric diagonalization. In the limit of small hopping, this model is essentially equivalent to the quasi-momentum representation of the usual Bose-Hubbard model but incorporates additional effects via Bloch single particle energies and two-body matrix elements in the case of large hopping [19]. By including rotation in the system we force the single particle energies to be a function of the angular velocity. This implies a corresponding angular velocity dependence of the single particle wavefunctions and many-body diagonalization results. In order to study superfluidity, we consider the two fluid criterion. Numerical results for the superfluid fraction involving the change of in rinsic ground state energy with the square of the angular velocity are obtained. We also consider a perturbative expression for the system inertial parameter expressed in terms of the excitation spectrum of the non rotating system, which enables us to relate the energies in the rotating system to the ones in the system without rotation. This is particularly interesting for obtaining superfluid fraction in terms of spectral information of the non rotating system. Similar results can be found by using the definition of superfluid fraction based on the response of the system to a phase variation imposed by means of twisted boundary conditions [30, 33], but with the difference that our developments do not assume the hypothesis of a condensate mode. Our numerical results indicate that in this system condensate and superfluid fractions are quite unrelated in terms of parameter values, indicating that even for dilute gases the concept that superfluidity is a consequence of Bose-Einstein condensation should be considered more carefully.