Orientador: Bruto Max Pimentel Escobar / Coorientador: Rodolfo Alvan Casana Sifuentes / Banca: Silvio Roberto de Azevedo Salinas / Banca: Antônio Edson Gonçalves / Banca: Victo dos Santos Filho / Banca: Abraham Hirsz Zimerman / Resumo: Estudamos a Teoria de DKP massiva à Temperatura Finita. Primeiramente, analisamos a sua estrutura de vínculos e mostramos que ela é uma teoria de vínculos de segunda classe. Em seguida, após a introdução da Função de Partição via integração funcional, estudamos a Condensação de Bose-Einstein (CBE) e mostramos que a teoria em estudo apresenta o modo zero, fundamental para a existência da CBE, de maneira simples e clara. A análise mostra resultados idênticos aos proporcionados pelas teorias de KGF e Proca. O problema da equivalência é também estudada para o caso de termos temperatura diferente de zero. Provamos, de forma geral, que as funções de Green fotônicas das teorias de DKP e KGF coincidem. Também, calculamos a polarização do vácuo no nível de um loop, obtendo-se as contribuições dependentes e independentes da Temperatura tal como as obtidas via a teoria KGF / Abstract: We study the massive DKP theory at Finite Temperature. Firstly, we analize the constraint structure and show that it is a second class constraint theory. Afterwards, we introduce the partition function by means of path integrais and study the Bose Einstein Condensation (BEC), we show that the theory has the zero mode, crucial for the existence of BEC. This analysis show identical results that were obtained by means of the KGF and Proca theories. The problem of equivalence is also studied for the case of non-zero temper- ature. We show, in general form, that the photon Green functions in the case of DKP e KGF theories are identical. We also calculate the vacuum polariza- tion in the one loop approximation and obtain the temperature dependent and independent contributions as they were obtained via the KGF theory / Doutor

Orientador: Sadhan Kumar Adhikari / Banca: Arnaldo Gammal / Banca: Dionisio Bazeia Filho / Banca: Roberto André Kraenkel / Banca: Valery Shchesnovich / Resumo: Nesta tese estudamos conceitos básicos de um condensado de Bose-Einstein (BEC) e sua extensão para sistemas com propriedades mais "exóticas", incluindo misturas de dois componentes, com algumas características interessantes encontradas devido à interação entre espécies, e condensados de átomos com forte momento (magnético) dipolar, nos quais a interação dipolo-dipolo (anisotrópica e de longo-alcance), abre novas possibilidades de pesquisa na procura por desconhecidas e fascinantes características para gases atômicos ultra-frios. Mostramos o modelo de campo-médio para misturas de dois BECs interagindo através do potencial de contato e da interação dipolar de longo-alcance empregando termos não lineares de inter e intra-espécies. Aplicamos este modelo em sistemas binários com diferentes armadilhas em que um deles ou ambos podem ser dipolares. Especificamente, estudamos as características físicas de uma mistura de dois BECs - com e sem interação dipolar -, a formação (e dinâmica) de bright solitons para um BEC dipolar, algumas propriedades interessantes para um BEC dipolar no limite de interação forte, e as características de um BEC dipolar quase-livre vinculado à um outro BEC não dipolar confinado numa armadilha magnética. Apresentamos nossos resultados numéricos usando gráficos de densidade, diagramas de fase, de formação de estruturas nas densidades ou a dinâmica dos sistemas, entre outros. Sempre que possível, nossos resultados serão associados com quantidades usadas em técnicas experimentais através de um tipo específico de átomo, o número de partículas, os valores dos parâmetros de interação, a anisotropia da armadilha ou outras quantidades relacionadas com observáveis experimentais / Abstract: We described the basic ideas of Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC), and then we focused our study on extensions to more exotic condensates including mixtures of two components, where interesting characteristics are found due to the interspecies interaction, and magnetic dipolar gases, which with their ansiotropic long-range dipolar interaction have opened up new avenues of research into cold atoms, in a quest for novel and fascinating features. In this thesis, we present the mean-field model for the binary BEC interacting two-componente mixtures of dipolar and nondipolar BECs, the formation and dynamics of bright solitons, the strong coupling domain for dipolar BECS, and the features of an untrapped bound dipolar droplet in a trapped nondipolar condensate. Our numerical results are presented in density plots, stability, phase plots, structure formartion in densities, breathing oscillation, and more. However, these solutions, whenever possible, are associated with quantities widely handled in experimental techniques, theough a specific types of atoms, number of particles, values of parameters of interaction or the anisotropy of trap, and others quantities related to experimental observables / Doutor

São investigadas, utilizando-se a distribuição grande canônica, as modificações introduzidas nas propriedades termodinâmicas e magnéticas de um sistema de bosons confinado por um potencial harmônico cilindricamente e esfericamente simétrico. O sistema apresenta condensação de B.E. somente no limite de confinamento fraco e a causa desta transição é devido a não homogeneidade do sistema, além da dependência da função densidade de estados próximos da energia mínima. Para este limite de confinamento fraco, são analisados ainda os limites de campo magnético forte ou fraco, apresentando comportamentos distintos, podendo ser comparados com o sistema de May ou com o sistema de gás ideal não confinado e com campo magnético nulo (sistema livre). A ordem da transição analisada constatando-se não ser de primeira ordem. O calor específico mostra uma descontinuidade finita na temperatura de transição. Abaixo desta temperatura de transição, o sistema apresenta uma magnetização espontânea, valendo então a lei B-H. / The modifications introduced in the thermodynamic and magnetic properties of a bosons system which is limited by a spherical and cylindrically harmonic potencial are investigated, using the grand canonical distribution. The system presents B.E. condensation only in the weak confinement limit and the cause of this transition is due to the non-homogeneity of the system in addition to the dependence of the density function of states near the minimum energy level. About this weak confinement limit, the limits o£ the strong or weak magnetic field are analysed too. The limit of the strong or weak magnetic field show distinctive behavior and they may be compared with the May\'s system or with the non-confined system of the ideal gas and with the null-magnetic field (free system). The order of this transition is analysed and it is verified as not being of the first order. The specific heat present a finite discontinuity in the transition temperature. Below this transition temperature, the system presents a spontaneous magnetization thus satisfying the B-H law.

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The processing of information based on the generation of common quantum optical states (e.g. coherent states) and the measurement of the quadrature components of the light field (e.g. homodyne detection) is often referred to as continuous-variable quantum information processing. It is a very fertile field of investigation, at a crossroads between quantum optics and information theory, with notable successes such as unconditional continuous-variable quantum teleportation or Gaussian quantum key distribution. In quantum optics, the states of the light field are conveniently characterized using a phase-space representation (e.g. Wigner function), and the common optical components effect simple affine transformations in phase space (e.g. rotations). In quantum information theory, one often needs to determine entropic characteristics of quantum states and operations, since the von Neuman entropy is the quantity at the heart of entanglement measures or channel capacities. Computing entropies of quantum optical states requires instead turning to a state-space representation of the light field, which formally is the Fock space of a bosonic mode.<p>This interplay between phase-space and state-space representations does not represent a particular problem as long as Gaussian states (e.g. coherent, squeezed, or thermal states) and Gaussian operations (e.g. beam splitters or squeezers) are concerned. Indeed, Gaussian states are fully characterized by the first- and second-order moments of mode operators, while Gaussian operations are defined via their actions on these moments. The so-called symplectic formalism can be used to treat all Gaussian transformations on Gaussian states, including mixed states of an arbitrary number of modes, and the entropies of Gaussian states are directly linked to their symplectic eigenvalues.<p>This thesis is concerned with the Gaussian transformations applied onto arbitrary states of light, in which case the symplectic formalism is unapplicable and this phase-to-state space interplay becomes highly non trivial. A first motivation to consider arbitrary (non-Gaussian) states of light results from various Gaussian no-go theorems in continuous-variable quantum information theory. For instance, universal quantum computing, quantum entanglement concentration, or quantum error correction are known to be impossible when restricted to the Gaussian realm. A second motivation comes from the fact that several fundamental quantities, such as the entanglement of formation of a Gaussian state or the communication capacity of a Gaussian channel, rely on an optimization over all states, including non-Gaussian states even though the considered state or channel is Gaussian. This thesis is therefore devoted to developing new tools in order to compute state-space properties (e.g. entropies) of transformations defined in phase-space or conversely to computing phase-space properties (e.g. mean-field amplitudes) of transformations defined in state space. Remarkably, even some basic questions such as the entanglement generation of optical squeezers or beam splitters were unsolved, which gave us a nice work-bench to investigate this interplay. <p>In the first part of this thesis (Chapter 3), we considered a recently discovered Gaussian probabilistic transformation called the noiseless optical amplifier. More specifically, this is a process enabling the amplification of a quantum state without introducing noise. As it has long been known, when amplifing a quantum signal, the arising of noise is inevitable due to the unitary evolution that governs quantum mechanics. It was recently realized, however, that one can drop the unitarity of the amplification procedure and trade it for a noiseless, albeit probabilistic (heralded) transformation. The fact that the transformation is probabilistic is mathematically reflected in the fact that it is non trace-preserving. This quantum device has gained much interest during the last years because it can be used to compensate losses in a quantum channel, for entanglement distillation, probabilistic quantum cloning, or quantum error correction. Several experimental demonstrations of this device have already been carried out. Our contribution to this topic has been to derive the action of this device on squeezed states and to prove that it acts quite surprisingly as a universal (phase-insensitive) optical squeezer, conserving the signal-to-noise ratio just as a phase-sensitive optical amplifier but for all quadratures at the same time. This also brought into surface a paradoxical effect, namely that such a device could seemingly lead to instantaneous signaling by circumventing the quantum no-cloning theorem. This paradox was discussed and resolved in our work.<p>In a second step, the action of the noiseless optical amplifier and it dual operation (i.e. heralded noiseless attenuator) on non-Gaussian states has been examined. We have observed that the mean-field amplitude may decrease in the process of noiseless amplification (or may increase in the process of noiseless attenuation), a very counterintuitive effect that Gaussian states cannot exhibit. This work illustrates the above-mentioned phase-to-state space interplay since these devices are defined as simple filtering operations in state space but inferring their action on phase-space quantities such as the mean-field amplitude is not straightforward. It also illustrates the difficulty of dealing with non-Gaussian states in Gaussian transformations (these noiseless devices are probabilistic but Gaussian). Furthermore, we have exhibited an experimental proposal that could be used to test this counterintuitive feature. The proposed set-up is feasible with current technology and robust against usual inefficiencies that occur in optical experiment. <p>Noiseless amplification and attenuation represent new important tools, which may offer interesting perspectives in quantum optical communications. Therefore, further understanding of these transformations is both of fundamental interest and important for the development and analysis of protocols exploiting these tools. Our work provides a better understanding of these transformations and reveals that the intuition based on ordinary (deterministic phase-insensitive) amplifiers and losses is not always applicable to the noiseless amplifiers and attenuators.<p>In the last part of this thesis, we have considered the entropic characterization of some of the most fundamental Gaussian transformations in quantum optics, namely a beam splitter and two-mode squeezer. A beam splitter effects a simple rotation in phase space, while a two-mode squeezer produces a Bogoliubov transformation. Thus, there is a well-known phase-space characterization in terms of symplectic transformations, but the difficulty originates from that one must return to state space in order to access quantum entropies or entanglement. This is again a hard problem, linked to the above-mentioned interplay in the reverse direction this time. As soon as non-Gaussian states are concerned, there is no way of calculating the entropy produced by such Gaussian transformations. We have investigated two novel tools in order to treat non-Gaussian states under Gaussian transformations, namely majorization theory and the replica method.<p>In Chapter 4, we have started by analyzing the entanglement generated by a beam splitter that is fed with a photon-number state, and have shown that the entanglement monotones can be neatly combined with majorization theory in this context. Majorization theory provides a preorder relation between bipartite pure quantum states, and gives a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of a deterministic LOCC (local operations and classical communication) transformation from one state to another. We have shown that the state resulting from n photons impinging on a beam splitter majorizes the corresponding state with any larger photon number n’ > n, implying that the entanglement monotonically grows with n, as expected. In contrast, we have proven that such a seemingly simple optical component may have a rather surprising behavior when it comes to majorization theory: it does not necessarily lead to states that obey a majorization relation if one varies the transmittance (moving towards a balanced beam splitter). These results are significant for entanglement manipulation, giving rise in particular to a catalysis effect.<p>Moving forward, in Chapter 5, we took the step of introducing the replica method in quantum optics, with the goal of achieving an entropic characterization of general Gaussian operations on a bosonic quantum field. The replica method, a tool borrowed from statistical physics, can also be used to calculate the von Neumann entropy and is the last line of defense when the usual definition is not practical, which is often the case in quantum optics since the definition involves calculating the eigenvalues of some (infinite-dimensional) density matrix. With this method, the entropy produced by a two-mode squeezer (or parametric optical amplifier) with non-trivial input states has been studied. As an application, we have determined the entropy generated by amplifying a binary superposition of the vacuum and an arbitrary Fock state, which yields a surprisingly simple, yet unknown analytical expression. Finally, we have turned to the replica method in the context of field theory, and have examined the behavior of a bosonic field with finite temperature when the temperature decreases. To this end, information theoretical tools were used, such as the geometric entropy and the mutual information, and interesting connection between phase transitions and informational quantities were found. More specifically, dividing the field in two spatial regions and calculating the mutual information between these two regions, it turns out that the mutual information is non-differentiable exactly at the critical temperature for the formation of the Bose-Einstein condensate.<p>The replica method provides a new angle of attack to access quantum entropies in fundamental Gaussian bosonic transformations, that is quadratic interactions between bosonic mode operators such as Bogoliubov transformations. The difficulty of accessing entropies produced when transforming non-Gaussian states is also linked to several currently unproven entropic conjectures on Gaussian optimality in the context of bosonic channels. Notably, determining the capacity of a multiple-access or broadcast Gaussian bosonic channel is pending on being able to access entropies. We anticipate that the replica method may become an invaluable tool in order to reach a complete entropic characterization of Gaussian bosonic transformations, or perhaps even solve some of these pending conjectures on Gaussian bosonic channels.<p> / Doctorat en Sciences de l'ingénieur / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2015. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Please refer to full text. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Sien asb volteks vir opsomming

This thesis describes the design, construction and optimisation of a new apparatus to produce Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) of 87Rb atoms. The main aim in building this system was to include a high resolution imaging system capable of resolving single atoms. Optical access for the imaging system was created by including a stage of atom transport in which the atoms are magnetically transferred ~50 cm from a magneto-optical trap (MOT), where they are initially collected, to a glass science cell where experiments are carried out and imaging takes place. Two magnetic transport schemes have been demonstrated, based on approaches first used in other laboratories. First, a scheme in which the atoms are transferred in a moving pair of magnetic trapping coils. Second, a hybrid scheme where the atoms are translated part of the distance in the moving coils, and the rest of the way by switching the current in a chain of fixed coils. This second scheme was designed to allow optical access for a high numerical aperture microscope objective to be placed immediately next to the science cell for high resolution imaging. The atoms were first collected in a large pyramid MOT which can be loaded with 3 × 10^9 atoms in a time of 20 s. Around half of these atoms – those in the |F = 1, mF = −1> magnetic substate – were then magnetically trapped prior to transport. The typical fraction of the trapped atoms transferred to the science cell was ~30% and ~18% for the moving coils and hybrid schemes respectively. Evaporative cooling was carried out on the atom cloud following transport with the moving coils and loading into a time-orbiting potential trap. The optimised cooling sequence lasted for 28 s and consistently produced a pure condensate with 5 × 10^5 atoms. A BEC has also been produced by evaporative cooling following hybrid transport. The next experimental steps will be to optimise the hybrid transfer approach further and install the high resolution imaging system. The system is well-placed to continue an ongoing series of experiments in which ultracold atoms are trapped in RF-dressed potentials. These potentials will be used to study low-dimensional quantum gases as well as in experiments where small atom number BECs are rapidly rotated to enter the fractional quantum Hall regime.

In this thesis we solve the Gross-Pitaevskii equation numerically in order to model the response of trapped Bose-Einstein condensed gases to perturbations by electromagnetic fields. First, we simulate output coupling of pulses from the condensate and compare our results to experiments. The excitation and separation of eigen-modes on flow through a constriction is also studied. We then move on to the main theme of this thesis: the important subject of quantised vortices in Bose condensates, and the relation between Bose-Einstein condensation and superfluidity. We propose methods of producing vortex pairs and rings by controlled motion of objects. Full three-dimensional simulations under realistic experimental conditions are performed in order to test the validity of these ideas. We link vortex formation to drag forces on the object, which in turn is connected with energy transfer to the condensate. We therefore argue that vortex formation by moving objects is intimately related to the onset of dissipation in superfluids. We discuss this idea in the context of a recent experiment, using simulations to provide evidence of vortex formation in the experimental scenario. Superfluidity is also manifest in the property of persistent currents, which is linked to vortex stability and dynamics. We simulate vortex line and ring motion, and find in both cases precessional motion and thermodynamic instability to dissipation. Strictly speaking, the Gross-Pitaevskii equation is valid only for temperatures far below the BEG transition. We end the thesis by describing a simple finite- temperature model to describe mean-field coupling between condensed and non- condensed components of the gas. We show that our hybrid Monte-Carlo/FFT technique can describe damping of the lowest energy excitations of the system. Extensions to this model and future research directions are discussed in the conclusion.

In this work we study a Bose-Einstein condensate of 87Rb under the effects of an oscillatory excitation. The condensate is produced through forced evaporative cooling by radio-frequency in a harmonic magnetic trap. The excitation is generated by an oscillatory quadrupole field superimposed on the trapping potential. For a fixed value of the frequency of the excitation we observe the production of different regimes in the condensate as a function of two parameters of the excitation: the time and the amplitude. For the lowest values of these parameters we observe a bending of the main axis of the condensate. This demonstrates that the excitation is able to transfer angular momentum into the sample. By increasing the time or the amplitude of the excitation we observe the nucleation of an increasing number of quantized vortices. If the value of the parameters of the excitation is increased even further the vortices evolve into a different regime which we have identified as quantum turbulence. In this regime, the vortices are tangled among each other, generating a highly irregular array. For the highest values of the excitation the condensate breaks into pieces surrounded by a thermal cloud. This constitutes a different regime which we have identified as granulation. We present numerical simulations together with other theoretical considerations which allow us to interpret our observations. In this thesis we also describe the construction of a second experimental setup whose objective is to study magnetic properties of a Bose-Einstein condensate of 87Rb. In this new system the condensate is produced in a hybrid trap which combines a magnetic trap with an optical dipole trap. Bose-Einstein condensation has been already achieved in the new apparatus; experiments will be performed in the near future. / Neste trabalho, estudamos um condensado de Bose-Einstein de átomos de 87Rb sob os efeitos de uma excitação oscilatória. O condensado é produzido por meio de resfriamento evaporativo por radiofreqüência em uma armadilha magnética harmônica. A excitação é gerada por um campo quadrupolar oscilatório sobreposto ao potencial de aprisionamento. Para um valor fixo da freqüência de excitação, observamos a produção de diferentes regimes no condensado como função de dois parâmetros da excitação, a saber, o tempo e a amplitude. Para os valores mais baixos destes parâmetros observamos a inclinação do eixo principal do condensado, isto demonstra que a excitação transfere momento angular à amostra. Ao aumentar o tempo ou a amplitude da excitação observamos a nucleação de um número crescente de vórtices quantizados. Se incrementarmos ainda mais o valor dos parâmetros da excitação, os vórtices evoluem para um novo regime que identificamos como turbulência quântica. Neste regime, os vórtices se encontram emaranhados entre si, dando origem a um arranjo altamente irregular. Para os valores mais altos da excitação o condensado se quebra em pedaços rodeados por uma nuvem térmica. Isto constitui um novo regime que identificamos como a granulação do condensado. Apresentamos simulações numéricas junto com outras considerações teóricas que nos permitem interpretar as nossas observações. Nesta tese, apresentamos ainda a descrição da montagem de um segundo sistema experimental cujo objetivo é o de estudar propriedades magnéticas de um condensado de Bose-Einstein de 87Rb. Neste novo sistema o condensado é produzido em uma armadilha híbrida composta por uma armadilha magnética junto com uma armadilha óptica de dipolo. A condensação de Bose-Einstein foi já observada neste novo sistema, os experimentos serão realizados no futuro próximo.

Neste trabalho, estudamos as consequências causadas em um condensado de Bose-Einstein de átomos de 87Rb quando sujeito a uma excitação oscilatória externa. Para a produção do condensado utilizamos técnicas de resfriamento atômico, como o resfriamento a laser e o resfriamento evaporativo, em átomos aprisionados em uma armadilha magnética harmônica. A excitação externa é produzida através de um campo magnético quadrupolar oscilatório que é sobreposto ao campo de aprisionamento. Para uma forma fixa dessa excitação, observamos que podemos excitar modos coletivos de oscilação na amostra de condensado, em especial analisamos os modos breathing, dipolar, quadrupolar e o scissor mode. Durante o movimento dipolar do condensado na armadilha magnética, identificamos que há um escoamento contrapropagante do condensado em relação à nuvem térmica que o permeia. Esse escoamento é analisado como um movimento de dois fluidos, onde o condensado desempenha o papel de um superfluido e a nuvem térmica o de um fluido normal. Irregularidades na superfície do condensado são observadas e seus comprimentos característicos crescem na região dos pontos de retorno do movimento dipolar do condensado. Nesses pontos, a forma das irregularidades sugerem estar relacionadas com o processo de geração de vórtices na amostra superfluida. Com base nestas análises, determinamos o valor da velocidade relativa dos fluidos e qual deve ser, tipicamente, o valor da velocidade relativa crítica para que as irregularidades se tornam maiores, possibilitando a geração de vórtices. As análises apresentadas neste trabalho são dedicadas a entender os mecanismos que possibilitaram, em nosso sistema, a observação de vórtices, turbulência quântica e a granulação do condensado, em 2009. / In this work we have studied the effects caused by an external oscillatory excitation in a Bose-Einstein condensate of 87Rb. The condensate is produced through by atomic laser cooling techniques, as laser cooling and evaporative cooling, for trapped atoms in a harmonic magnetic trap. The external excitation is generated by an oscillating magnetic quadrupole field superimposed to the trapping field. For a fixed type of excitation, we observe that collective modes of oscillation are excited in the condensate sample, particularly we analyze the dipole mode, quadrupole and scissor mode. During the motion of the condensate in dipolar mode inside the magnetic trap, we have identified a counterflow, i. e. a relative motion between the condensate and the thermal cloud. This flow is analyzed as a two fluids motion, where the condensate plays the role of a superfluid and the thermal cloud a normal fluid. Irregularities on the condensate surface are observed and their characteristic lengths grow in the turning point regions of this dipolar motion. At these points, the shape of this irregularities seems to be related to the vortices generation process in a superfluid sample. Based on this analysis, we determine the velocity of the counterflow and the critical velocity for the irregularities to become larger, allowing the generation of vortices. The analyses presented in this work are dedicated to understand the mechanisms that allowed in our system the observation of vortices, quantum turbulence and the condensate granulation, in 2009.