Mesoscopic Ensembles of Polar Bosons in Triple-Well Potentials

T. Lahaye, T. Pfau, and L. Santos
Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 170404 – Published 28 April 2010; Erratum Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 239904 (2010)
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Abstract

Mesoscopic dipolar Bose gases in triple-well potentials offer a minimal system for the analysis of the nonlocal character of the dipolar interaction. We show that this nonlocal character may be clearly revealed by a variety of possible ground-state phases. In addition, an appropriate control of short-range and dipolar interactions may lead to novel scenarios for the dynamics of polar bosons in lattices, including the dynamical creation of mesoscopic quantum superpositions, which may be employed in the design of Heisenberg-limited atom interferometers.

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  • Received 27 November 2009

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.170404

©2010 American Physical Society

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T. Lahaye1,2,3, T. Pfau3, and L. Santos4

  • 1Université de Toulouse, UPS, Laboratoire Collisions Agrégats Réactivité, IRSAMC; F-31062 Toulouse, France
  • 2CNRS, UMR 5589, F-31062 Toulouse, France
  • 35. Physikalisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70550 Stuttgart, Germany
  • 4Institut für Theoretische Physik, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Appelstrasse 2 D-30167, Hannover, Germany

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Vol. 104, Iss. 17 — 30 April 2010

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