Title :
Control of decoherence of many-body excitations in a Bose-Einstein Condensate
Author :
Bar-Gill, N. ; Rowen, E.E. ; Pugatch, R. ; Kurizki, G. ; Davidson, N.
Author_Institution :
Phys. of Complex Syst., Weizmann Inst. of Sci., Rehovot
Abstract :
We measure the effects of reservoir engineering on the decay of a coherent, many-body excitation in a BEC loaded into an optical lattice. We show both enhancement and suppression of decoherence vs. lattice depth.
Keywords :
Bose-Einstein condensation; atom-photon collisions; excited states; light coherence; many-body problems; optical lattices; quantum optics; rubidium; BEC; Bose-Einstein condensate; decoherence; lattice depth; many-body excitation; optical lattice; Atomic measurements; Control systems; Frequency measurement; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Lattices; Optical control; Physics; Reservoirs; Resonance; (020.1475) Bose-Einstein condensates; (030.1640) Coherence;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
