Measurements of relative phase in two-component Bose-Einstein condensates

被引：418

作者：

Hall, DS ^{[1
]}

Matthews, MR

Wieman, CE

Cornell, EA

机构：

[1] Univ Colorado, Natl Inst Stand & Technol, JILA, Boulder, CO 80309 USA

[2] Univ Colorado, Dept Phys, Boulder, CO 80309 USA

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 1998年 / 81卷 / 08期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.1543

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We have measured the relative phase of two Bose-Einstein condensates using a time-domain, separated-oscillatory-field condensate interferometer. A single two-photon coupling pulse prepares the double-condensate system with a well-defined relative phase; at a later time, a second pulse reads out the phase difference accumulated between the two condensates. We find that the accumulated phase difference reproduces from realization to realization of the experiment, even after the individual components have separated spatially and their relative center-of-mass motion has damped.

引用

页码：1543 / 1546

页数：4

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