Transport of ultracold atoms between concentric traps via spatial adiabatic passage

Spatial adiabatic passage processes for ultracold atoms trapped in tunnel-coupled cylindrically symmetric concentric potentials are investigated. Specifically, we discuss the matter-wave analog of the rapid adiabatic passage (RAP) technique for a high fidelity and robust loading of a single atom int...

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Autores: Polo Gomez, Juan|||0000-0003-0742-6015, Benseny Cases, Albert|||0000-0003-4785-0945, Busch, Thomas|||0000-0003-0535-2833, Ahufinger, Verònica|||0000-0002-6628-9930, Mompart Penina, Jordi|||0000-0002-9634-9455
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:203757
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/203757
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1088/1367-2630/18/1/015010
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Atomtronics
Spatial adiabatic passage
Ring potentials
Ultracold atoms
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Sumario:Spatial adiabatic passage processes for ultracold atoms trapped in tunnel-coupled cylindrically symmetric concentric potentials are investigated. Specifically, we discuss the matter-wave analog of the rapid adiabatic passage (RAP) technique for a high fidelity and robust loading of a single atom into a harmonic ring potential from a harmonic trap, and for its transport between two concentric rings. We also consider a system of three concentric rings and investigate the transport of a single atom between the innermost and the outermost rings making use of the matter-wave analog of the stimulated Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP) technique. We describe the RAP-like and STIRAP-like dynamics by means of a two- and a three-state model, respectively, obtaining good agreement with the numerical simulations of the corresponding two-dimensional Schrödinger equation.