Continuous observation of interference fringes from Bose condensates

J. I. Cirac; C. W. Gardiner; M. Naraschewski; P. Zoller

doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.54.R3714

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Continuous observation of interference fringes from Bose condensates

J. I. Cirac, C. W. Gardiner, M. Naraschewski, and P. Zoller

Phys. Rev. A 54, R3714(R) – Published 1 November 1996

Abstract

We use continuous measurement theory to describe the evolution of two Bose condensates in an interference experiment. It is shown how in a single run the system evolves into a state with a fixed relative phase, without violating particle number conservation.

Received 3 June 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.54.R3714

Authors & Affiliations

J. I. Cirac¹, C. W. Gardiner², M. Naraschewski^3,4, and P. Zoller⁵

¹Departamento de Fisica Aplicada, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 13071 Ciudad Real, Spain
²Physics Department, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand
³Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Straβe 1, D-85748 Garching, Germany
⁴Sektion Physik, Universität München, Theresienstraβe 37, D-80333 München, Germany
⁵Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraβe 25, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria

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Vol. 54, Iss. 5 — November 1996

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