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arXiv:1111.0529 · Physical Review A

Coherent control of atomic spin currents in a double well

H. T. Ng, Shih‐I Chu

Published Feb 27, 2012• 6 citations
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Abstract

We propose a method for controlling the atomic currents of a two-component Bose-Einstein condensate in a double well by applying an external field to the atoms in one of the potential wells. We study the ground-state properties of the system and show that the directions of spin currents and net-particle tunneling can be manipulated by adiabatically varying the coupling strength between the atoms and the field. This system can be used to study spin and tunneling phenomena across a wide range of interaction parameters. In addition, spin-squeezed states can be generated. It is useful for quantum information processing and quantum metrology.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.85.023636

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