Measuring relative atom number fluctuations in a coherently split Bose Einstein condensate

Marcius Extavour,Jason McKeever,Thorsten Schumm,Lindsay J. LeBlanc,Alma Bardon,Dylan Jervis,A. Stummer,Joseph H. Thywissen

Measuring relative atom number fluctuations in a coherently split Bose Einstein condensate

2008

Marcius Extavour
Jason McKeever
Thorsten Schumm
Lindsay J. LeBlanc
Alma Bardon
Dylan Jervis
A. Stummer
Joseph H. Thywissen

We report direct measurements of number fluctuations between two BECs. A single BEC is dynamically and coherently split in two. Fluctuations in the relative atom number in repeated trials are evaluated against binomial random fluctuations.

Keywords:

Atom optics
Bose–Einstein condensate
Condensed matter physics
Binomial
Atomic number
Physics
Quantum mechanics
Magnetic field
Quantum electrodynamics
Plasma
Atom
Atom interferometer

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