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Classical Bifurcation at the Transition from Rabi to Josephson Dynamics

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: We report on the experimental demonstration of the internal bosonic Josephson effect in a rubidium spinor Bose-Einstein condensate. The measurement of the full time dynamics in phase space allows the characterization of the theoretically predicted π-phase modes and quantitatively confirms analytical predictions, revealing a classical bifurcation. Our results suggest that this system is a model system which can be tuned from classical to the quantum regime and thus is an important step towards the experimental investigation of entanglement generation close to critical points.

Source: Physical Review Letters

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.204101

Authors: Tilman Zibold, Eike Nicklas, Christian Gross, Markus K. Oberthaler

Institution: Heidelberg University

Language: English

Topic: Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1984076494

FWCI: 10.61

Cites: 31

Cited by: 413

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