Quantifying Finite Temperature Effects in Atom Chip Interferometry of Bose-Einstein Condensates

Details Quantifying Finite Temperature Effects in Atom Chip Interferometry of Bose-Einstein Condensates Quantifying Finite Temperature Effects in Atom Chip Interferometry of Bose-Einstein Condensates

2009-01-29

arxiv.org/abs/0901.4602v3

Physics

Condensed Matter

Other Condensed Matter

7 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

We quantify the effect of phase fluctuations on atom chip interferometry of Bose-Einstein condensates. At very low temperatures, we observe small phase fluctuations, created by mean-field depletion, and a resonant production of vortices when the two clouds are initially in anti-phase. At higher temperatures, we show that the thermal occupation of Bogoliubov modes makes vortex production vary smoothly with the initial relative phase difference between the two atom clouds. We also propose a technique to observe vortex formation directly by creating a weak link between the two clouds. The position and direction of circulation of the vortices is subsequently revealed by kinks in the interference fringes produced when the two clouds expand into one another. This procedure may be exploited for precise force measurement or motion detection.

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