Phase Estimation from Atom Position Measurements

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2010-12-16

arxiv.org/abs/1012.3593v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Quantum Gases

20 pages, 6 figures

Scientific paper

We study the measurement of the position of atoms as a means to estimate the relative phase between two Bose-Einstein condensates. First, we consider $N$ atoms released from a double-well trap, forming an interference pattern, and show that a simple least-squares fit to the density gives a shot-noise limited sensitivity. The shot-noise limit can instead be overcome by using correlation functions of order $\sqrt{N}$ or larger. The measurement of the $N\mathrm{th}$-order correlation function allows to estimate the relative phase at the Heisenberg limit. Phase estimation through the measurement of the center-of-mass of the interference pattern can also provide sub-shot-noise sensitivity. Finally, we study the effect of the overlap between the two clouds on the phase estimation, when Mach-Zehnder interferometry is performed in a double-well.

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