Coherent transport of neutral atoms in spin-dependent optical lattice potentials

Details Coherent transport of neutral atoms in spin-dependent optical lattice potentials Coherent transport of neutral atoms in spin-dependent optical lattice potentials

2003-01-11

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0301169v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

4 pages, 6 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.010407

We demonstrate the controlled coherent transport and splitting of atomic wave packets in spin-dependent optical lattice potentials. Such experiments open intriguing possibilities for quantum state engineering of many body states. After first preparing localized atomic wave functions in an optical lattice through a Mott insulating phase, we place each atom in a superposition of two internal spin states. Then state selective optical potentials are used to split the wave function of a single atom and transport the corresponding wave packets in two opposite directions. Coherence between the wave packets of an atom delocalized over up to 7 lattice sites is demonstrated.

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