Engineering quantum correlations to enhance transport in cold atoms

Mark Sadgrove, Torben Schell, Ken'Ichi Nakagawa, Sandro Wimberger

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Abstract

We show experimentally that precise phase modulation of an optical potential allows us to control quantum correlations for atomic wave packets in a way that greatly enhances momentum transport. Experimentally, this means that for the same laser power and pulse frequency, atoms are accelerated to much higher energies. We explain our results with a pseudoclassical analysis along with numerical simulations, highlighting the existence of transporting islands in phase space.

Original languageEnglish
Article number013631
JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume87
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 Jan 2013

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