Publication Date

2010

Journal or Book Title

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.

Comments

This is the pre-published version from arXiv. The published version is at http://www.springerlink.com/content/e3917t1qv0711717/

Pages

Not yet published

Volume

Not yet published

Issue

Not yet published

Download

Included in

Physics Commons

Share

COinS