Distinguishing mesoscopic quantum superpositions from statistical mixtures in periodically shaken double wells

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2011-10-25

arxiv.org/abs/1110.5444v1

J. Phys. B 45, 021002 (2012)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Quantum Gases

Preprint-version, 5 pages, 5 png-figures

Scientific paper

10.1088/0953-4075/45/2/021002

For Bose-Einstein condensates in double wells, N-particle Rabi-like oscillations often seem to be damped. Far from being a decoherence effect, the apparent damping can indicate the emergence of quantum superpositions in the many-particle quantum dynamics. However, in an experiment it would be difficult to distinguish the apparent damping from decoherence effects. The present paper suggests using controlled periodic shaking to quasi-instantaneously switch the sign of an effective Hamiltonian, thus implementing an `echo' technique which distinguishes quantum superpositions from statistical mixtures. The scheme for the effective time-reversal is tested by numerically solving the time-dependent N-particle Schrodinger equation.

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