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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Formulação hidrodinâmica para a equação de Schrödinger não-linear e não-local em condensados de Bose-Einstein

Vidmar, Rodrigo January 2017 (has links)
Será explorada a versão hidrodinâmica da equação de Schrödinger não-linear e não-local, descrevendo condensados de Bose-Einstein com auto-interações de longo alcance. Tais sistemas têm despertado interesse tendo em vista a busca da realização da condensação de Bose-Einstein sem necessidade de um potencial externo confinante e nos quais as interações atômicas locais não são suficientes. Para obter a descrição hidrodinâmica, a transformação de Madelung para a função de onda será utilizada, reduzindo o problema a uma equação da continuidade e a uma equação de transporte de momentum. Esta última é similar à equação de Euler em fluidos ideais, porém contendo um potencial quântico efetivo e um termo não local, o qual advém da interação atômica. Tais equações de fluido traduzem, respectivamente, a conservação da probabilidade e do momentum total. O método hidrodinâmico permitirá o estudo de excitações elementares, entre os quais os modos de Bogoliubov, segundo uma abordagem macroscópica. / The hydrodynamic version of the Schrödinger equation nonlinear and nonlocal will be explored, describing Bose-Einstein condensates with long-range self-interactions. Such systems have aroused interest with a view to pursuing the realization of Bose-Einstein condensation without an external confining potential and in which local atomic interactions are not enough. For the hydrodynamic description, the eikonal decomposition of the wave function is used, reducing the problem to one equation of continuity and to a transport of momentum equation. The latter is similar to the Euler equation in ideal fluid but containing an effective quantum potential and a nonlocal term, which comes from the atomic interaction. Such fluid equations translate, respectively, conservation of probability and total momentum. The hydrodynamic method will allow the study of elementary excitations, including Bogoliubov modes according to a macroscopic approach.
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Excitations in Bose-Einstein condensates: collective modes, quantum turbulence and matter wave statistics / Excitações em condensados de Bose-Einstein: modos coletivos, turbulência quântica e estatística de ondas de matéria

Pedro Ernesto Schiavinatti Tavares 06 April 2016 (has links)
In this thesis, we present the generation and studies of a 87Rb Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) perturbed by an oscillatory excitation. The atoms are trapped in a harmonic magnetic trap where, after an evaporative cooling process, we produce the BEC. In order to study the effect caused by oscillatory excitations, a quadrupole magnetic field time oscillatory is superimposed to the trapping potential. Through this perturbation, collective modes were observed. The dipole mode is excited even for low excitation amplitudes. However, a minimum excitation energy is needed to excite the condensate quadrupole mode. Observing the excited cloud in TOF expansion, we note that for excitation amplitude in which the quadrupole mode is excited, the cloud expands without invert its aspect ratio. By looking these clouds, after long time-of-flight, it was possible to see vortices and, sometimes, a turbulent state in the condensed cloud. We calculated the momentum distribution of the perturbed BECs and a power law behavior, like the law to Kolmogorov turbulence, was observed. Furthermore, we show that using the method that we have developed to calculate the momentum distribution, the distribution curve (including the power law exponent) exhibits a dependence on the quadrupole mode oscillation of the cloud. The randomness distribution of peaks and depletions in density distribution image of an expanded turbulent BEC, remind us to the intensity profile of a speckle light beam. The analogy between matter-wave speckle and light speckle is justified by showing the similarities in the spatial propagation (or time expansion) of the waves. In addition, the second order correlation function is evaluated and the same dependence with distance was observed for the both waves. This creates the possibility to understand the properties of quantum matter in a disordered state. The propagation of a three-dimensional speckle field (as the matter-wave speckle described here) creates an opportunity to investigate the speckle phenomenon existing in dimensions higher than 2D (the case of light speckle). / Nesta tese, descrevemos a produção e os estudos de condensados de Bose-Einstein, em átomos de 87Rb, perturbados através de excitações oscilatórias. Os átomos aprisionados são aprisionados em uma armadilha magnética harmônica onde produzimos o condensado de Bose-Einstein após o processo de resfriamento evaporativo. Com o objetivo de estudar o efeito de excitações oscilatórias, um campo magnético quadrupolar temporalmente oscilanteé superposto ao campo de aprisionamento. Através dessa perturbação, podemos observar a excitação de modos coletivos no condensado. Mesmo para baixas amplitudes de excitação, o modo dipolar é facilmente excitado. Porém, observamos que para excitar o modo quadrupolar no condensado é necessária uma energia mínima. Através da expansão em tempo de voo da nuvem excitada, identificamos que, para amplitude de excitação na quail o modo quadrupolar é excitado, a nuvem expande sem inverter o aspect ratio. Analisando essas nuvens por longos tempos de voo, foi possível observar alguns vórtices e, às vezes, um estado turbulento na nuvem condensada. Calculamos a distribuição de momento dessas nuvens e notamos que ela exibe um comportamento de lei de potência, parecido com a lei de Kolmogorov para turbulência. Além disso, mostramos que pelo nosso método que desenvolvemos para calcular a distribuição de momento, a forma da curva dessa distribuição (inclusive o expoente da lei de potência) exibe uma dependência com o modo quadrupolar de oscilação da nuvem. A distribuição desordenada de picos e depleções, na imagem da distribuição de densidade do condensado turbulento expandido, assemelha-se ao perfil de intensidade de um feixe de luz com speckle. A analogia entre speckle de onda de matéria e de luz é fundamentada através das semelhanças entre a propagação (ou expansão) dessas duas ondas. Além disso, a função de correlação de segunda ordem foi calculada e a mesma dependência com a distância foi observada para as duas ondas. Isto cria a possibilidade de entender melhor as propriedades da matéria quântica em um estado de desordem. A propagação de um campo de speckle tridimensional (como é o caso do speckle de onda de matéria aqui descrito) cria uma oportunidade de investigar o fenômeno de speckle em dimensões maiores que 2D (o caso do speckle de luz).
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Imagem por contraste de fase próximo à ressonância / Phase contrast imaging near resonance

Cora Castelo Branco de Francisco Reynaud dos Santos 18 July 2014 (has links)
Tendo em vista experimentos envolvendo o estudo da dinâmica de gases quânticos aprisionados, visando a simulação quântica de sistemas complexos, este trabalho discute a implementação e o estudo da técnica de imagem dispersiva, por contraste de fase, e a compara com o método de imagem por absorção óptica. A implementação da nova técnica foi feita em um regime não convencional de dessintonia, explorando a região proxima da ressonância atômica, onde se deve levar em conta o efeito da absorção, além da mudança de fase, do campo elétrico do laser de prova, após interagir com os átomos. Portanto, este trabalho apresenta não só a implementação de uma nova técnica experimental, mas também um modelo simples para interpretar os dados obtidos nesse novo regime. / Envisioning experiments involving the dynamics of trapped quantum gases, towards the quantum simulation of complex systems, this work presents the implementation and study of a dispersive imaging technique, by phase contrast, and compares it to absorption imaging. The implementation of this new technique in our laboratory was done in a non conventional range of detunings, exploring the region near atomic resonance, where absortion effecs need to be taken into account, in addition to the phase shift, introduced in the electric field of the probing laser, after interacting with the atoms. Therefore, this work presents not only the implementation of a new experimental technique, but also a simple model to interpret the dada obtained in this new regime.
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Dinâmica populacional de condensados de Bose-Einstein em um potencial de poço triplo / Population dynamics of a Bose-Einstein condesate in a tripe-well potential

Viscondi, Thiago de Freitas, 1985- 12 August 2018 (has links)
Orientador: Kyoko Furuya / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Fisica Gleb Wataghin / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-12T22:08:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Viscondi_ThiagodeFreitas_M.pdf: 15446195 bytes, checksum: d4e6bd6c75ebc928ffe531009f94d745 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Resumo: Examinamos vários aspectos do modelo de um condensado de Bose-Einstein aprisionado em um potencial de três poços simetricamente dispostos, incluindo os efeitos geralmente negligenciados de interação entre partículas em modos locais distintos, que conhecemos como colisões cruzadas. Por intermédio de uma extensão do formalismo de pseudo-spins de Schwinger, aproveitamos a estrutura algébrica natural do sistema, de forma a construir o análogo clássico do modelo utilizando os estados coerentes próprios das representações totalmente simétricas do grupo SU(3). Empregando esta aproximação semiclássica, estudamos os diferentes regimes dinâmicos populacionais presentes no sistema, que podem ser divididos em três grandes conjuntos, os quais denominamos como dinâmicas de condensados gêmeos, poço vazio e vórtice. Estes regimes estão relacionados ao comportamento dos pontos de equilíbrio do modelo, que apresentam bifurcações e alterações de estabilidade, ferramentas essenciais à compreensão dos fenômenos não lineares de tunelamento do condensado. A dinâmica de condensados gêmeos representa um subregime integrável do sistema, onde observamos a supressão do tunelamento bosônico, conhecida como auto-aprisionamento macroscópico. Os estados de vórtice são responsáveis por configurações de rotação do condensado na armadilha, ao passo que os estados de poço vazio exibem desocupação persistente em um dos modos locais. Todos os resultados análogos clássicos são comparados a cálculos quânticos exatos, no intuito de observar as origens da quebra de correspondência clássico-quântica, que quantificamos com uma medida de emaranhamento multipartite, conhecida como pureza generalizada. Também consideramos a transição de fase quântica presente no modelo para interações bosônicas atrativas, a qual associamos a uma mudança da dinâmica populacional do sistema, observada como uma fragmentação das representações do estado fundamental sobre o espaço de fase / Abstract: We examined several aspects of a Bose-Einstein condensate trapped in a symmetrically arranged triple-well potential, including the effects of the generally neglected interaction between particles in different local modes, known as cross-collisions. By means of an extension of the Schwinger¿s pseudospins formalism, we take advantage of the system¿s algebraic structure in order to obtain the classical analogue of the model, by using the coherent states of the fully symmetric representations of the SU(3) group. Employing this semiclassical approximation, we studied the different dynamical regimes of the system, which can be divided into three large groups, which we call as twin-condensate, single depleted well and vortex dynamics. These dynamical regimes are related to the behavior of the fixed points of the model, which exhibit bifurcations and changes of stability, essential tools to the understanding of the nonlinear tunneling phenomena. The twin-condensate dynamics is an integrable subregime of the system, where we observe the suppression of bosonic tunneling, known as macroscopic self-trapping. The vortex states are responsible for the rotational configurations of the condensate in the trap, while the single well depleted states exhibit one persistent vacant local mode. All the classical analogue results are compared to exact quantum calculations, in order to observe the origins of the broken quantum-classical correspondence, which we quantified with a measure of multipartite entanglement, known as generalized purity. We also consider the quantum phase transition for attractive bosonic interactions, which we connect to a change in population dynamics of the system, observed as the phase space fragmentation of the ground state representations / Mestrado / Física / Mestre em Física
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Condensação Bose-Einstein em sistemas de átomos de 4He / Bose-Einstein condensation in systems of 4He atoms

Pedroso, Vitor Zamprônio, 1990- 12 September 2014 (has links)
Orientador: Silvio Antonio Sachetto Vitiello / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-26T08:38:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Pedroso_VitorZampronio_M.pdf: 1351334 bytes, checksum: 9c35568e525b0eca7e7eb168eb22baa4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Resumo: Neste trabalho estudamos a condensação Bose-Einstein em sistemas formados por átomos de 4He. Para tanto, introduzimos uma nova função de onda sombra que permite o cálculo da fração de condensado do sistema a T = 0 K diretamente das configurações geradas no cálculo da energia variacional. A função proposta é construída através da integração sobre um conjunto de variáveis auxiliares que interagem com todos os átomos do sistema. Esta função é translacionalmente invariante mesmo na fase sólida e satisfaz a estatística de Bose-Einstein. Utilizando essa nova função de onda concluímos que aproximadamente 4% dos átomos estão no estado de menor energia e o sistema apresenta ordem de longo alcance fora da diagonal. Resultados de energia variacional e função de distribuição radial de pares também são apresentados. As integrais de configuração espaciais foram realizadas utilizando o método de Monte Carlo / Abstract: We study the Bose-Einstein condensation in systems formed by 4He atoms. To this end, we introduce a new shadow wave function that enables the calculation of the condensate fraction of the system at T = 0 K directly from the configurations generated in the calculation of the variational energy. The proposed function is constructed by an integration over a set of auxiliary variables that interact with all the atoms of the system. This function is translationally invariant even in the solid phase and satisfies the Bose- Einstein statistics. Using this new wave function we conclude that approximately 4% of the atoms are in the lowest energy state and the system displays off-diagonal long ranged order. Results from variational energy and pair distribution function are also presented. The configuration integrations were performed using the Monte Carlo method / Mestrado / Física / Mestre em Física
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Interférométrie atomique avec un condensat de Bose-Eintein : effet des interactions internes / Atom interferometry with a Bose-Einstein condensate : effect of internal interactions

Jannin, Raphaël 08 October 2015 (has links)
Le travail réalisé dans le cadre de cette thèse s'articule en deux volets. Le premier porte sur l'étude de l'effet des interactions entre atomes au sein d'un interféromètre atomique, dont la source est un condensat de Bose-Eintein. Nous présentons un modèle analytiquepermettant d'obtenir des expressions simples pour le déphasage induit par celles-ci. Ce modèle est comparé à des simulations numériques résolvant les équations de Gross-Pitaevskii couplées, et présente un excellent accord. Le second concerne la conception et la construction d'un nouveau dispositif expérimental visant à obtenir un condensat de Bose-Einteindans le but de réaliser des mesures de haute précision par interférométrie atomique. / The work performed during this thesis comprises two orientations. The first one is the study of the effect of interactions between atoms in an atom interferometer which source of atoms is a Bose-Einstein condensate. We present an analytical model allowing to obtain simple expressions for the phase shift induced by them. This model is compared to numerical simulations solving the coupled Gross-Pitaevskii equations and presents a good agreement. The second one is the design and construction of a new experimental set-up for the production of a Bose-Einstein condensate to perform high precision measurements with the use of atom interferometry.
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La condensation de Bose-Einstein des excitons indirects dans des nano-structures semi-conductrices / Bose-Einstein condensation of indirect excitons in semiconductor nanostructures

Andreev, Sergueï 16 May 2014 (has links)
Cette thèse est dédiée à l'interprétation théorique des expériences sur les gaz froids des excitons indirects dans des nanostructures semi-conductrices. La théorie proposée explique la formation de l'état des excitons macroscopiquement ordonnés ("MOES") et des taches lumineuses localisées dans les images de photoluminescence des excitons. Dans la première partie je montrerai que la séparation macroscopique de charge induite par laser mène à l'apparition d'un champ électrique situé dans le plan de la structure. A cause de ce champ les états quantiques 1s et 2p de l'exciton se croisent et son moment dipolaire s'incline. Par conséquent, l'exciton va se localiser à la frontière entre les deux domaines d'une charge différente, où le champ électrique est le plus fort. Ensuite, j'étudierai un gaz d'excitons mis dans de tels pièges bidimensionnels en négligeant sa structure de spin. J'analyserai la possibilité de la condensation de Bose-Einstein dans le système considéré en utilisant les méthodes puissantes de la théorie à N-corps développées pour des gaz atomiques. En me basant sur le Hamiltonien pour un segment du cercle bidimensionnel ("2D cigar"), je montrerai que la dispersion cohérente des excitons mène à l'autolocalisation accompagnée par une modulation périodique de la densité. L'idée principale de la théorie est, ensuite, de modéliser cet état périodique par une chaîne de condensats piégés (Le Modèle de Chaîne). Un tel modèle permettra de dire que le système peut exhiber la transition de phase de second ordre pour certaines valeurs du paramètre qui caractérise les interactions. La valeur critique de ce paramètre peut être trouvée en analysant le comportement des fluctuations de phase à la température nulle. Le nombre de condensats dans le régime où les interactions sont fortes est déterminé par la balance entre les contributions de l'énergie cinétique est l'entropie dans l'énergie libre du système. Le Modèle de Chaîne permettra aussi de révéler l'invariance d''échelle et l'universalité du phénomène. J'obtiendrai l'expression pour la température unique de la transition de phase dans le système excitonique et discuterai l'effet de désordre. Je finirai par une discussion du rôle des interactions à N-corps et des effets de spin dans la condensation de Bose-Einstein des excitons. Je proposerai un modèle de gaz idéal pour décrire les textures de polarisation linéaire observées autour de chaque tache lumineuse et chaque fragment de MOES. Selon ce modèle, le domaine central incohérent de tous ces objets est composé d'une glace excitonique quantique. / The present Thesis is devoted to theoretical interpretation of intriguing observations made recently in cold gases of indirect excitons in semiconductor quantum wells. The proposed theory provides simple intuitive explanation for the basic phenomenology of the macroscopically ordered exciton state (MOES) and the localized bright spots (LBS) in the exciton photoluminescense pattern. The Thesis is organized as follows.First, we provide an important insight into the formation process of the external ring and LBS. We show that the macroscopic charge separation induced by the photoexcitation results in appearance of an in-plane electric field in the vicinity of the boundary. The field hybridizes 1s and 2p quantum states of an indirect exciton, effectively tilting its dipole moment. Thus polarized exciton seeks for the regions with higher in-plane electric field and, hence, becomes localized at the ring-shaped boundary.As a next step, we consider a gas of spinless dipolar bosons put in such two-dimensional (2D) traps. We analyze the possibility for occurence of Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) in the system under consideration by means of the powerful many-body theoretical methods developed for ultracold atomic gases. Starting from the Hamiltonian for a segment of the ring (2D cigar) we show, howthe coherent scattering of excitons can result in autolocalization accompanied by a buildup of the diagonal long-range order. The crucial point of the theory then consists in replacement of the periodic coherent state by a chain of harmonically trapped condensates (Chain Model). We argue, that for sufficiently strong contact interaction between the excitons the system can exhibit the true second order phase transistion at finite temperature. The critical value of the interaction parameter can be found by analyzing the behaviour of the quantum phase fluctuations at zero temperature. The number of condensates at the ring in the strongly interacting regime is defined by the balance between the kinetic energy and the entropy terms in the free energy of the system.Futhermore, the use of the Chain Model of the MOES allows one to reveal scale invariance and universality of the pnenomenon. We obtain the expression for the unique critical temperature of the second order phase transition in the exciton system and discuss the effect of disorder.Finally, we comment on the role of many-body interactions and spin degrees of freedom in excitonic BEC. We suggest that each bead (or, equivalently, LBS) has the internal structure: it consists of a solid core (Quantum Exciton Iceberg) surrounded by a coherent exciton fluid. We develop an ideal gas model for the coherent four-component exciton fluid which allows one to explain the measured linear polarization patterns.
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Dynamique des gaz quantiques ultrafroids dans des milieux aléatoires corrélés / Dynamics of ultracold quantum gases in correlated disordered potentials

Alamir, Ardavan 17 December 2013 (has links)
La problématique de cette thèse est l'étude de la localisation d'un condensat de Bose-Einstein confiné harmoniquement et quasi-1D à travers lequel différents potentiels désordonnés sont transportés. Cette problématique qui se veut pleinement pertinente pour les expérimentalistes est à priori difficile à traiter. Cela est dû au caractère non-linéaire, inhomogène et hors-équilibre du système. De ce fait, la plage des vitesses du désordre est limitée d'une part par la vitesse critique de superfluidité et d'autre part par la configuration inhomogène du système. Des notions habituelles de localisation telles que transmission ou exposant de Lyapunov ne sont plus applicables. Donc, il a fallu apporter une nouvelle mesure de localisation pour notre problématique: le ratio du déplacement du centre de masse du condensat au déplacement du désordre qu'on a identifié à la fraction d'atomes localisés. De plus, nous avons des corrélations dans le désordre qui introduisent l'effet d'un comportement non-monotone de l'efficacité de la localisation du potentiel désordonné en fonction de l'énergie. Ainsi, les corrélations peuvent être un moyen pour mettre en évidence la nature quantique de la localisation. Chose que nous avont fait dans un premier temps avec du désordre de type Modèle d'Edwards et dans une seconde partie avec du désordre de type speckle, qu'on nomme le Random Dimer speckle. Pour ce deuxième cas, nous avons proposé une procédure pour contrôler les corrélations et introduire un pic de localisation dans une certaine région énergétique. Cette configuration pourrait être vérifié dans les expériences à l'aide d'un modulateur spatial de lumière. / The topic of this thesis is the study of localization of a quasi-one-dimensional and harmonically trapped Bose-Einstein condensate through which various disordered potentials are transported. This problem, which wants itself to be fully relevant to experimenters, is a priori difficult to deal with. This is due to the non-linear, inhomhogeneous and out-of-equilibrium nature of the system. Because of this, the range of speeds of disorder is limited on one side by the critical speed of superfluidity and on the other side by the inhomogeneous setting of the system. Usual notions of localization like transmission and Lyapunov exponent are no longer applicable. Thus, we had to introduce a novel measure of localization for our problem: the ratio of the distance moved by the condensate center of mass to the distance moved by the disordered potential that we identify as the fraction of localized atoms. Furthermore, we have correlations in the disorder that introduce the effect of non-monotonic behavior of the localization efficiency of the disordered potential as a function of energy. A a result, correlations can be used as a tool to point the quantum nature of the localization. We did this in a first part with Edwards Model type disorders and in a second part with speckle type disorders, a new one that we call the Random Dimer speckle. For this second part, we propose a scheme to control the correlations and introduce a localization peak in a certain energy region. This device can be verified in experiments with the help of a Spatial Light Modulator.
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Towards testing Bell's inequality using atoms correlated in momentum / Vers la réalisation du test d’inégalité de Bell avec les atomes corrèle en impulsion

Imanaliev, Almazbek 30 March 2016 (has links)
Ce manuscrit décrit des expériences d’optique atomique quantique utilisant un détecteur résolu en impulsions d’atomes uniques d’hélium métastable. La première partie du manuscrit décrit la mesure de cohérence de deuxième ordre de la superradiance à partir d’un condensat de Bose-Einstein d’helium métastable. Bien que le condensat soit cohérent et le gain du processus de superradiance élevé, celle-ci montre toujours une statistique thermique comme celle de l’émission spontanée. La suite du manuscrit est dédiée au test de la non localité d’une source atomique corrélée en impulsion. Le schéma du test s’inspire d’une réalisation faite par Rarity et Tapster sur des photons intriqués en impulsion. Les ingrédients principaux d’un tel schéma sont la source atomique générée par instabilité dynamique du condensat dans un réseau optique en mouvement, le contrôle cohérent des atomes par diffraction de Bragg et la mesure de la corrélation des atomes dans les différentes voies de sortie du schéma interférométrique. Un point clé est le contrôle et la manipulation de la phase des ondes atomiques. Le chapitre 3 décrit les tests sur le contrôle cohérent par diffraction de Bragg et leurs résultats encourageants. La nature non classique de notre source atomique est démontrée par l’observation d’une interférence à deux particules en les envoyant sur une séparatrice atomique. Cet analogue atomique de l’expérience de Hong Ou et Mandel est le sujet du dernier chapitre de ce manuscrit. Le résultat de cette expérience ouvre la possibilité du test d’inégalité de Bell avec des particules massives corrélées sur des degrés de liberté externe. / This manuscript describes quantum atom optics experiments using metastable helium atoms with a single-atom momentum resolved detector. In the first part of this manuscript, the second order correlation measurement of the superradiance from a metastable helium Bose-Einstein condensate is presented. The superradiance effect is the collective radiation of dense ensemble where a strong gain of the radiation is expected. We have shown the thermal like statistics of the emission even in the presence of the strong gain. The next part of the manuscript is devoted to the quantum nonlocality test using a pair of atoms entangled in momentum. The protocol we came up with is inspired from the one of Rarity and Tapster with pairs of photons entangled in momentum. The essential ingredients of this protocol are the atomic pair produced by dynamical instability of the Bose-Einstein condensate in a moving optical lattice, the coherent control of the atomic pair by Bragg diffraction and the correlation measurement of the atoms in different output modes of the interferometric protocol. The experimental characterization and preparation of coherent control by Bragg diffraction are presented showing the proof of principle of such a protocol. The last part of the manuscript discusses the realization of the atomic Hong-Ou-Mandel experiment using the same atomic pair with an atomic beamsplitter. The non-classical interference result of this experiment has opened an opportunity for us to realize Bell’s inequality test with massive particles correlated in external degrees of freedom.
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Thermodynamic characterization of heavy fermion systems and low dimensional quantum magnets near a quantum critical point

Radu, Maria Teodora 27 September 2005 (has links) (PDF)
We report experimentally results on the low temperature properties of two classes of materials with a special emphasizes near the QCP induced by substitution and magnetic 1.field: (1) the HF systems YbRh2(Si0.95Ge0.05)2, Yb1-yLayRh2Si2 (y = 0.05, 0.1),and YbIr2Si2 with tetragonal structures and CeIn3-xSnx (x = 0.55, 0.6, 0.65, 0.7, 0.8) with cubic structure; (2) the quantum spin systems: Cs2CuCl4 and Cs2CoCl4. In all the HF compounds we have observed NFL behavior in zero magnetic field close to the QCP. The La substituted system does not show an antiferromagnetic (AFM) transition down to the lowest accessible temperature (0.03 K) while in YbRh2(Si1-xGex)2 with x = 0 and x = 0.05 AFM transitions occur at TN =0.07 K and 0.02 K, respectively. For Yb0.9La0.1Rh2Si2 we observe below 0.07 K saturation of DeltaC/T indicating clearly a LFL state for this concentration. For YbIr2Si2, DeltaC/T saturates below 0.5 K. In contrast to the Yb based compounds in the vicinity of the QCP, CeIn3-xSnx shows no evidence of a divergence in Delta C/T, with B or with x. Furthermore, we used specic heat measurements in the mK temperature range and at high fields (up to 12 T) to probe the phase diagrams in the low dimensional quantum antiferromagnets Cs2CuCl4 and Cs2CoCl4. In applied magnetic field, we have presented experimental evidence that in Cs2CuCl4 the field dependence of the critical temperature Tc(B) ~ (Bc-B)^1-Phi close to the critical field Bc = 8.51 T is well described with Phi=1.5. This is in very good agreement with the exponent expected in the mean-field approximation and support the notion of a Bose-Einstein condensation of magnons in Cs2CuCl4.

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