Mach-Zehnder interferometry with interacting trapped Bose-Einstein condensates

We theoretically analyze a Mach-Zehnder interferometer with trapped condensates and find that it is surprisingly stable against the nonlinearity induced by interparticle interactions. The phase sensitivity, which we study for number-squeezed input states, can overcome the shot noise limit and be inc...

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Hauptverfasser: Grond, Julian (VerfasserIn) , Hohenester, Ulrich (VerfasserIn) , Schmiedmayer, Jörg (VerfasserIn) , Smerzi, Augusto (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 16 August 2011
In: Physical review. A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics
Year: 2011, Jahrgang: 84, Heft: 2, Pages: 1-4
ISSN:1094-1622
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.84.023619
Online-Zugang:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.84.023619
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Verfasserangaben:Julian Grond, Ulrich Hohenester, Jörg Schmiedmayer, and Augusto Smerzi
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Zusammenfassung:We theoretically analyze a Mach-Zehnder interferometer with trapped condensates and find that it is surprisingly stable against the nonlinearity induced by interparticle interactions. The phase sensitivity, which we study for number-squeezed input states, can overcome the shot noise limit and be increased up to the Heisenberg limit provided that a Bayesian or maximum-likelihood phase estimation strategy is used. We finally demonstrate the robustness of the Mach-Zehnder interferometer in the presence of interactions against condensate oscillations and a realistic atom-counting error.
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ISSN:1094-1622
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.84.023619