Phase estimation with interfering Bose-Einstein-condensed atomic clouds
Anno: 2010
Autori: Chwedeńczuk J., Piazza F., Smerzi A.
Affiliazione autori: INO-CNR, BEC Center, Via Sommarive 14, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy and Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita’ di Trento, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
Abstract: We investigate how to estimate from atom-position measurements the relative phase of two Bose-Einstein condensates released from a double-well potential. We demonstrate that the phase-estimation sensitivity via the fit of the average density to the interference pattern is fundamentally bounded by shot noise. The shot noise can be overcome by estimating the phase from the measurement of order root N (or higher) correlation functions. The optimal estimation strategy, saturating the quantum Fisher information, requires the measurement of the Nth-order correlation function. We demonstrate that a different estimation method-based on the detection of the center of mass of the interference pattern-also provides sub-shot-noise sensitivity. The implementation of both protocols, however, might be experimentally challenging.
Giornale/Rivista: PHYSICAL REVIEW A
Volume: 82 (5) Da Pagina: 051601 A: 051601
Parole chiavi: bose einstein condensationDOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.82.051601Citazioni: 8dati da “WEB OF SCIENCE” (of Thomson Reuters) aggiornati al: 2024-04-14Riferimenti tratti da Isi Web of Knowledge: (solo abbonati) Link per visualizzare la scheda su IsiWeb: Clicca quiLink per visualizzare la citazioni su IsiWeb: Clicca qui