Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2004-09-14
European Physical Journal D 36, 89(2005)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
7 pages,5 figures
Scientific paper
10.1140/epjd/e2005-00081-1
We present a theoretical model to investigate the interference of an array of Bose-Einstein condensates loaded in a one-dimensional spin-dependent optical lattice, which is based on an assumption that for the atoms in the entangled single-atom state between the internal and the external degrees of freedom each atom interferes only with itself. Our theoretical results agree well with the interference patterns observed in a recent experiment by Mandel et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 010407 (2003)]. In addition, an experimental suggestion of nonuniform phase distribution is proposed to test further our theoretical model and prediction. The present work shows that the entanglement of a single atom is sufficient for the interference of the condensates confined in a spin-dependent optical lattice and this interference is irrelevant with the phases of individual condensates, i.e., this interference arises only between each condensate and itself and there is no interference effect between two arbitrary different condensates.
Liu Min
Wen Linghua
Xiong Hongwei
Zhan Ming-sheng
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