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arXiv:1705.00512 · Physical Review A

Quantum walk of a Bose-Einstein condensate in the Brillouin zone

Andrea Alberti, Sandro Wimberger

Published Aug 22, 2017• 21 citations
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Abstract

An experimental scheme for discrete-time quantum walks is proposed for a spinor Bose-Einstein condensate to steer through the Brillouin zone, where the position of the walker is encoded in the quasimomentum.
DOI
10.1103/physreva.96.023620

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