Publication Date
2010
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JOURNAL OF LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS
Abstract
NOON states (states of the form |N〉 a |0〉 b +|0〉 a |N〉 b where a and b are single particle states) have been used for predicting violations of hidden-variable theories (Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger violations) and are valuable in metrology for precision measurements of phase at the Heisenberg limit. We show theoretically how the use of two Fock state/Bose-Einstein condensates as sources in a modified Mach Zender interferometer can lead to the creation of the NOON state in which a and b refer to arms of the interferometer and N is the total number of particles in the two condensates. The modification of the interferometer involves making conditional “side” measurements of a few particles near the sources. These measurements put the remaining particles in a superposition of two phase states, which are converted into NOON states by a beam splitter. The result is equivalent to the quantum experiment in which a large molecule passes through two slits. The NOON states are combined in a final beam splitter and show interference. Attempts to detect through which “slit” the condensates passed destroys the interference.
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Recommended Citation
Mullin, WJ and Laloe, F., "Creation of NOON states by double Fock-state/Bose-Einstein condensates" (2010). JOURNAL OF LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS. 241.
Retrieved from https://scholarworks.umass.edu/physics_faculty_pubs/241
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This is the pre-published version from arXiv. The published version is at http://www.springerlink.com/content/e3917t1qv0711717/