Bright solitonic matter-wave interferometer

G. D. McDonald; C. C.N. Kuhn; K. S. Hardman; S. Bennetts; P. J. Everitt; P. A. Altin; J. E. Debs; J. D. Close; N. P. Robins

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.013002

Bright solitonic matter-wave interferometer

G. D. McDonald, C. C.N. Kuhn, K. S. Hardman, S. Bennetts, P. J. Everitt, P. A. Altin, J. E. Debs, J. D. Close, N. P. Robins

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We present the first realization of a solitonic atom interferometer. A Bose-Einstein condensate of 1×104 atoms of rubidium-85 is loaded into a horizontal optical waveguide. Through the use of a Feshbach resonance, the s-wave scattering length of the Rb85 atoms is tuned to a small negative value. This attractive atomic interaction then balances the inherent matter-wave dispersion, creating a bright solitonic matter wave. A Mach-Zehnder interferometer is constructed by driving Bragg transitions with the use of an optical lattice colinear with the waveguide. Matter-wave propagation and interferometric fringe visibility are compared across a range of s-wave scattering values including repulsive, attractive and noninteracting values. The solitonic matter wave is found to significantly increase fringe visibility even compared with a noninteracting cloud.

Original language	English
Article number	013002
Pages (from-to)	1-1
Number of pages	1
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	113
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.013002
Publication status	Published - 2 Jul 2014
Externally published	Yes

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