Exploring Modeling Techniques in BEC Atom-Interferometry

ORAL

Abstract

We find semiclassical (WKB) techniques to be effective for analyzing atom interferometry in Bose-Einstein Condensates. These allow inexpensive simulations to reproduce fine details of matter-wave interference seen in multi-component BEC atom-laser experiments. In this talk I will discuss how to use phase-retrieval techniques for tomographic reconstruction of the underlying potentials from the observed interference patterns. The reconstructed potentials are used to confirm the validity of the simplified WKB approximation, laying the foundation for a new quantum imaging technique based on matter-wave interferometry.

*This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Awards PHY-2012190, PHY-2137848, PHY-1912540 and PHY-2207588.Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

Publication: Atom Interferometric Imaging of Differential Potentials Using an Atom Laser
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2208.08007

Presenters

  • Ryan Corbin

    • Washington State University

Authors

  • Ryan Corbin

    • Washington State University
  • Michael M Forbes

    • Washington State Univ
    • Washington State University
  • Maren E Mossman

    • University of San Diego
  • Peter W Engels

    • Washington State University