Mesoscopic quantum coherence in an optical lattice

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作者：

Haycock, DL ^{[1
]}

Alsing, PM

Deutsch, IH

Grondalski, J

Jessen, PS

机构：

[1] Univ Arizona, Ctr Opt Sci, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA

[2] Univ New Mexico, Dept Phys & Astron, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2000年 / 85卷 / 16期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.3365

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We observe the quantum coherent dynamics of atomic spinor wave packets in the double-well potentials of a far-off-resonance optical lattice. With appropriate initial conditions the system Rabi oscillates between the left and right localized states of the ground doublet, and at certain times the wave packet corresponds to a coherent superposition of these mesoscopically distinct quantum states. The atom/optical double-well potential is a flexible and powerful system for further study of quantum coherence, quantum control, and the quantum/classical transition.

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页码：3365 / 3368

页数：4

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