Phase-imprinting of Bose-Einstein condensates with rydberg impurities
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Published version
Author(s)
Mukherjee, Rick
Ates, Cenap
Li, Weibin
Wüster, Sebastian
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We show how the phase profile of Bose-Einstein condensates can be engineered through its interaction with localized Rydberg excitations. The interaction is made controllable and long range by off-resonantly coupling the condensate to another Rydberg state with laser light. Our technique allows the mapping of entanglement generated in systems of few strongly interacting Rydberg atoms onto much larger atom clouds in hybrid setups. As an example we discuss the creation of a spatial mesoscopic superposition state from a bright soliton. Additionally, the phase imprinted onto the condensate using the Rydberg excitations is a diagnostic tool for the latter. For example, a condensate time-of-flight image would permit reconstructing the pattern of an embedded Rydberg crystal.
Date Issued
2015-07-21
Date Acceptance
2015-07-01
Citation
Physical Review Letters, 2015, 115 (4), pp.040401-1-040401-6
ISSN
0031-9007
Publisher
American Physical Society (APS)
Start Page
040401-1
End Page
040401-6
Journal / Book Title
Physical Review Letters
Volume
115
Issue
4
Copyright Statement
© 2015 American Physical Society
Identifier
https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.040401
Subjects
General Physics
01 Mathematical Sciences
02 Physical Sciences
09 Engineering
Publication Status
Published online
Article Number
040401
Date Publish Online
2015-07-21